Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Yellowknife, (CA) - Northwest Territories
Data quality- In 2016, 10.3% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 57.2% lived in a couple and 5.6% lived as a lone parent.
- 70.2% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 29.8% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 27.2% compared to 22.8% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 60 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 41.0% were families without children and 59.0% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Yellowknife, 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 | 66.4 | 64.9 | 61.5 | 61.5 |
A couple census family without children | 20.4 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 20.8 |
A couple census family with children | 36.8 | 35.1 | 31.5 | 32.0 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.1 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.7 |
Multigenerational households | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
Other census-family households | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.0 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
One-person households | 19.8 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 22.3 |
Marital status, Yellowknife, 2016
In Yellowknife, 58.2% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (41.4%) or living with a common-law partner (16.8%).
The remaining 41.9% 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, Yellowknife, 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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