Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Thunder Bay, City (CSD) - Ontario
Data quality- In 2016, 17.5% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 53.4% lived in a couple and 6.8% lived as a lone parent.
- 79.6% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.3% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 33.8% compared to 34.1% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 155 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 53.5% were families without children and 46.5% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Thunder Bay, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 62.4 | 59.3 | 58.0 |
A couple census family without children | 24.2 | 25.1 | 25.3 |
A couple census family with children | 27.2 | 23.7 | 22.1 |
A lone-parent census family | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
Multigenerational households | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Other census-family households | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
One-person households | 31.4 | 32.8 | 33.3 |
Marital status, Thunder Bay, 2016
In Thunder Bay, 53% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (42.4%) or living with a common-law partner (10.6%).
The remaining 47% 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, Thunder Bay, 2016 census
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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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