Figure 16
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest proportion of young adults aged 20 to 29 in the parental home

Description

This chart shows the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 29 years living in the parental home by Canadian provinces and territories in 1986 and 2006. Data are sorted in descending order, going from the province with the highest proportion to the province with the lowest. In all provinces and territories, the proportion of young adults still in the parental home was higher in 2006 than in 1986. In Canada, this proportion was 32.1% in 1986 and 43.5% in 2006. Here are the proportions observed in provinces and territories in 1986 and 2006: Newfoundland and Labrador (20.7% and 31.7%), Ontario (35.3% and 51.5%), British Columbia (26.6% and 44.4%), Prince Edward Island (38.9% and 44.2%), Manitoba (28.2% and 39.9%), Nova Scotia (35.1% and 39.9%), New Brunswick (36.7% and 39.6%), Nunavut (36.4% in 2006), Quebec (34.5% and 38.7%), Yukon (19.8% and 35.9%), Northwest Territories (26.9% and 32.9%), Alberta (23.0% and 31.8%) and Saskatchewan (20.7% and 31.7%).

Note: Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories until 1999.

Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1986 and 2006.