Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Coquitlam, City (CSD) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 9.9% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 58.5% lived in a couple and 5.3% lived as a lone parent.
- 89.4% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 10.6% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 48.1% compared to 49.0% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 175 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 40.0% were families without children and 60.0% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Coquitlam, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 66.8 | 65.7 | 64.5 |
A couple census family without children | 20.3 | 20.9 | 21.7 |
A couple census family with children | 37.2 | 35.3 | 33.4 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
Multigenerational households | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Other census-family households | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
One-person households | 22.0 | 21.5 | 22.2 |
Marital status, Coquitlam, 2016
In Coquitlam, 59.7% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (53.6%) or living with a common-law partner (6.1%).
The remaining 40.3% 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, Coquitlam, 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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