Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Province of Ontario
Data quality- In 2016, 12.2% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 56.8% lived in a couple and 5.8% lived as a lone parent.
- 85.6% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 14.4% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 42.1% compared to 40.6% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 26,585 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 45.5% were families without children and 54.5% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Ontario, 2001 to 2016
Household type | 2001 (%) | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 66.1 | 65.3 | 63.5 | 62.4 |
A couple census family without children | 23.6 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 24.3 |
A couple census family with children | 33.7 | 32.4 | 30.1 | 28.7 |
A lone-parent census family | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
Multigenerational households | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
Other census-family households | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
One-person households | 23.5 | 24.3 | 25.2 | 25.9 |
Marital status, Ontario, 2016
In Ontario, 57.3% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (49.2%) or living with a common-law partner (8.1%).
The remaining 42.7% 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, Ontario, 2016
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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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