Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Port Alberni, (CA) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 17.5% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 57.8% lived in a couple and 6.2% lived as a lone parent.
- 79.4% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.6% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 27.0% compared to 28.3% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 25 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 62.4% were families without children and 37.5% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Port Alberni, 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 | 65.1 | 64.8 | 60.7 | 58.6 |
A couple census family without children | 29.1 | 32.2 | 31.2 | 31.4 |
A couple census family with children | 26.0 | 23.5 | 20.0 | 18.2 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.1 |
Multigenerational households | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Other census-family households | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
One-person households | 28.6 | 28.3 | 30.7 | 32.4 |
Marital status, Port Alberni, 2016
In Port Alberni, 57.7% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (46.0%) or living with a common-law partner (11.7%).
The remaining 42.3% 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, Port Alberni, 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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