Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo, (CMA) - Ontario
Data quality- In 2016, 11.6% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 58.1% lived in a couple and 5.6% lived as a lone parent.
- 84.6% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 15.4% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 34.9% compared to 33.3% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 885 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 45.1% were families without children and 54.9% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo, 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 | 68.3 | 67.6 | 65.7 | 64.5 |
A couple census family without children | 24.2 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 24.8 |
A couple census family with children | 35.7 | 34.5 | 32.2 | 30.4 |
A lone-parent census family | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.2 |
Multigenerational households | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
Other census-family households | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
One-person households | 22.2 | 22.9 | 23.8 | 24.6 |
Marital status, Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo, 2016
In Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo, 58.2% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (49.4%) or living with a common-law partner (8.8%).
The remaining 41.8% 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, Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo, 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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