Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Wood Buffalo, Specialized municipality (CSD) - Alberta
Data quality- In 2016, 10.4% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 52.8% lived in a couple and 4.6% lived as a lone parent.
- 79.6% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.4% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 21.1% compared to 15.9% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 65 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 41.2% were families without children and 58.8% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Wood Buffalo, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 63.6 | 59.2 | 52.7 |
A couple census family without children | 23.0 | 22.3 | 18.4 |
A couple census family with children | 35.2 | 31.7 | 28.7 |
A lone-parent census family | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
Multigenerational households | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
Other census-family households | 8.9 | 11.2 | 9.4 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 7.6 | 9.4 | 11.3 |
One-person households | 16.9 | 17.4 | 23.2 |
Marital status, Wood Buffalo, 2016
In Wood Buffalo, 59.3% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (48.6%) or living with a common-law partner (10.7%).
The remaining 40.7% 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, Wood Buffalo, 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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