Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Fort St. John, City (CSD) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 13.6% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 57.1% lived in a couple and 5.6% lived as a lone parent.
- 71.6% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 28.3% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 10.6% compared to 9.5% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 30 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 45.5% were families without children and 54.6% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Fort St. John, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 60.7 | 58.0 | 58.5 |
A couple census family without children | 22.7 | 21.9 | 22.3 |
A couple census family with children | 29.5 | 28.3 | 28.0 |
A lone-parent census family | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 |
Multigenerational households | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
Other census-family households | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
One-person households | 25.5 | 27.6 | 26.5 |
Marital status, Fort St. John, 2016
In Fort St. John, 57.4% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (41.6%) or living with a common-law partner (15.8%).
The remaining 42.6% 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, Fort St. John, 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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