Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Cape Breton, (CA) - Nova Scotia

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Cape Breton

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
  • In 2016, 16.1% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 51.7% lived in a couple and 9.0% lived as a lone parent.
  • 83.9% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 16.1% were living common law.
  • In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 45.6% compared to 48.4% in 2011.
  • In 2016, there were 115 same-sex couples.
  • In 2016, among couple census families 56.3% were families without children and 43.6% 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, Cape Breton, 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, Cape Breton, 2001 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, Cape Breton, 2001 to 2016

Cape Breton – Proportion of households by household type, 2001 to 2016
Household type 2001 (%) 2006 (%) 2011 (%) 2016 (%)
Total households 100 100 100 100
One-census-family households without additional persons 65.9 64.0 61.5 59.4
A couple census family without children 21.5 23.8 25.0 25.9
A couple census family with children 30.5 25.8 22.7 19.9
A lone-parent census family 13.9 14.4 13.8 13.6
Multigenerational households 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.0
Other census-family households 3.1 2.8 3.5 3.0
Non-census-family households of two or more persons 2.1 2.5 3.2 3.4
One-person households 24.9 27.2 28.5 31.1

Marital status, Cape Breton, 2016

In Cape Breton, 51.6% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (43.4%) or living with a common-law partner (8.2%).

The remaining 48.4% 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, Cape Breton, 2016

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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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