Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Kootenay Boundary, Regional district (CD) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 17.4% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 62.0% lived in a couple and 4.8% lived as a lone parent.
- 80.5% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 19.5% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 28.0% compared to 30.2% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 40 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 64.7% were families without children and 35.3% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Kootenay Boundary, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 64.1 | 63.1 | 61.6 |
A couple census family without children | 33.4 | 34.5 | 35.1 |
A couple census family with children | 23.5 | 21.1 | 19.2 |
A lone-parent census family | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
Multigenerational households | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
Other census-family households | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
One-person households | 30.9 | 30.9 | 32.0 |
Marital status, Kootenay Boundary, 2016
In Kootenay Boundary, 61.6% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (49.8%) or living with a common-law partner (11.8%).
The remaining 38.5% 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, Kootenay Boundary, 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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