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Table 12
Number and proportion of same-sex couples, by census metropolitan areas, 2006
Census metropolitan areas	Same-sex couples	Total couples	Percentage of all couples
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.
Canada	45,345	7,482,775	0.6
St. John's	225	42,750	0.5
Halifax	820	87,830	0.9
Moncton	285	31,315	0.9
Saint John	110	28,800	0.4
Saguenay	215	37,900	0.6
Québec	1,335	169,665	0.8
Sherbrooke	230	42,805	0.5
Trois-Rivières	205	32,915	0.6
Montréal	8,365	814,735	1.0
Ottawa - Gatineau	2,415	262,700	0.9
Kingston	295	36,450	0.8
Peterborough	130	28,390	0.5
Oshawa	325	78,995	0.4
Toronto	9,620	1,168,415	0.8
Hamilton	830	163,720	0.5
St. Catharines - Niagara	340	93,480	0.4
Kitchener	480	107,430	0.4
Brantford	55	29,805	0.2
Guelph	200	30,385	0.7
London	670	106,630	0.6
Windsor	285	74,685	0.4
Barrie	115	42,495	0.3
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	150	38,525	0.4
Thunder Bay	135	28,675	0.5
Winnipeg	755	154,780	0.5
Regina	155	43,435	0.4
Saskatoon	235	51,935	0.5
Calgary	1,410	253,125	0.6
Edmonton	1,060	238,310	0.4
Kelowna	175	41,205	0.4
Abbotsford	150	37,905	0.4
Vancouver	4,685	492,005	1.0
Victoria	720	77,300	0.9