Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Cape Breton, (CA) - Nova Scotia
Data quality- 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.
Proportion of households by household type, Cape Breton, 2001 to 2016
Household type | 2001 (%) | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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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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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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