Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Thunder Bay, District (CD) - Ontario
Data quality- In 2016, 16.3% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 56.1% lived in a couple and 6.3% lived as a lone parent.
- 79.3% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.7% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 34.4% compared to 35.4% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 205 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 54.7% were families without children and 45.3% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Thunder Bay, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 64.8 | 61.7 | 60.2 |
A couple census family without children | 26.0 | 27.2 | 27.6 |
A couple census family with children | 28.5 | 24.7 | 22.8 |
A lone-parent census family | 10.3 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
Multigenerational households | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Other census-family households | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
One-person households | 29.0 | 30.7 | 31.4 |
Marital status, Thunder Bay, 2016
In Thunder Bay, 55.8% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (44.4%) or living with a common-law partner (11.4%).
The remaining 44.3% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.
Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.
Figure 1.4 description #linktitletext# 1.4 Marital status, Thunder Bay, 2016
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Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.
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