Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Columbia-Shuswap, Regional district (CD) - British Columbia

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Columbia-Shuswap, Regional district (CD) - British Columbia

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 6.6%.
  • In 2016, 14.4% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 64.2% lived in a couple and 4.1% lived as a lone parent.
  • 80.7% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 19.4% were living common law.
  • In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 24.6% compared to 26.3% in 2011.
  • In 2016, there were 50 same-sex couples.
  • In 2016, among couple census families 65.7% were families without children and 34.3% were families with children.

Figure 1.1

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Percentage of children aged 0 to 14 by family type, Columbia-Shuswap, 2011 and 2016

Figure 1.2

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Percentage of persons living in couples according to selected age groups, Columbia-Shuswap, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Percentage of common-law couples by province and territory, 2011 and 2016

Proportion of households by household type, Columbia-Shuswap, 2006 to 2016

Columbia-Shuswap – Proportion of households by household type, 2006 to 2016
Household type 2006 (%) 2011 (%) 2016 (%)
Total households 100 100 100
One-census-family households without additional persons 66.4 64.6 62.9
A couple census family without children 35.7 36.3 37.6
A couple census family with children 23.6 21.5 19.2
A lone-parent census family 7.1 6.7 6.1
Multigenerational households 1.3 1.4 1.7
Other census-family households 3.0 3.5 3.7
Non-census-family households of two or more persons 3.0 3.8 3.9
One-person households 26.2 26.6 27.7

Marital status, Columbia-Shuswap, 2016

In Columbia-Shuswap, 63.7% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (51.6%) or living with a common-law partner (12.1%).

The remaining 36.3% 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, Columbia-Shuswap, 2016

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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
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revised
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Source:

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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