Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Chestermere, City (CSD) - Alberta
Data quality- In 2016, 3.9% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 68.7% lived in a couple and 4.2% lived as a lone parent.
- 87.7% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 12.3% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 38.4% compared to 33.9% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 15 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 37.4% were families without children and 62.5% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Chestermere, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 78.7 | 75.9 | 74.5 |
A couple census family without children | 27.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 |
A couple census family with children | 47.5 | 44.8 | 43.2 |
A lone-parent census family | 4.1 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
Multigenerational households | 4.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 |
Other census-family households | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
One-person households | 8.4 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
Marital status, Chestermere, 2016
In Chestermere, 69.8% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (61.4%) or living with a common-law partner (8.4%).
The remaining 30.2% 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, Chestermere, 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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