In Canada
In general terms, basement apartments are apartments in the basement of residential houses, with the owner's living space on the upper floors, though there are many examples of basement apartments in older cities as part of older row-house-type buildings and even in older smaller apartment buildings. Even when the house is built on a hill and the basement back door opens onto a back yard, as is the case in some houses and even town houses, they are still referred to as the "basement" if rented, or if the main living spaces of the family are on the upper floors. Modern basement apartments can be quite spacious and large, especially in the case of some of the larger houses built in the suburbs.
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