Literal question
3. Number of rooms in the dwelling not including the kitchen or rooms used for professional purposes.
Count as livable spaces in the dwelling rooms such as: bedroom, dining room, salon, parlor, studio, living room, etc., whatever their surface area, as well as the maid's room and lived-in attic garrets.
Do not count as livable spaces rooms such as: entryway, hall, bathroom, closet, alcove, laundry room, office, etc.
Special cases of independent rooms (for example: maid's room separated from the main dwelling)
Count these rooms amongst your dwelling accommodations if you use them yourself (either for housing a member of your household, a child, a servant, etc., or if it is used as a storage room.)
Do not count them if they are rented or sublet or leased to other people.
In this last situation, they are considered as forming a distinct dwelling, and their occupants should establish separate dwelling forms.
Interviewer instructions
4.3.1. Question 1 and 3. Between questions 1 and 3, there should never be more than a single response: a room must be counted either in question 1 (if it is considered a kitchen), or in question 3 (if it is considered a dwelling room [pièce d'habitation]), but never both at the same time.
Case of dwellings comprised of a single room: In the country, one frequently finds dwellings (dwelling category 1) comprising a single room which serves as the common area, and which has kitchen fittings (faucet, stove etc.). In town, one frequently finds premises comprised of a single room (dwelling categories 2 or 3).
In all these cases answer "1" on question 3 and "no" (no kitchen) on question 1.
Question 1 - In the case of a furnished room which has a simple hot- plate and in which there is no faucet, check off box 6 (and not 5).
Question 3 - In accordance with the above guidelines, all dwellings have at least one dwelling room [pièce d'habitation]). Thus, question 3 will never have a response of "0".
In some dwellings, there is no separation (or there is a portable divider) between the dining room and the living room: in such cases, count 2 rooms if there is a divider [amorce de cloison] and only one room if there is none.
