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Figure 5
Proportion of one-person households in Canada similar to the United States but lower than some European countries
Description
This chart shows the proportion of one-person households in Canada and selected countries. Norway presented the highest proportion of one-person households with 38.5%, followed by Germany with 37.5%, than Belgium (33.0%), France (32.6%), United Kingdom (29.0%), Japan (27.5%), United States (27.1%), Canada (26.8%), New Zealand (22.6%), Ireland (22.4%), Australia (20.7%), Spain (20.3%) and South Africa (18.5%).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006; Statistics Norway; Federal Statistical Office of Germany; Economy-Directorate-general Statistics Belgium; National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies of France; United Kingdom National Statistics; Statistics Bureau of Japan; U.S. Census Bureau; Statistics New Zealand; Ireland Central Statistics Office; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Spain and Statistics South Africa.
