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Selected trend data for Toronto (C) Data quality note(s) for Toronto, 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses

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Selected trend data for Toronto (City) , 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses
Subtopic Census year
1996 2001 2006
Population
Total population count1 2,385,421 2,481,494 2,503,281
Age and sex
% of the population aged 0 to 14 years 17.8 17.5 16.4
% of the population aged 15 to 64 years 68.8 68.9 69.5
% of the population aged 65 years and over 13.4 13.6 14.1
Median age2 35.5 36.9 38.4
Ratio of age groups 0 to 14 years to 65 years and over3 1.3 1.3 1.2
Marital status
% of the population aged 15 years and over who are single (never legally married)4 32.1 32.0 32.5
% of the population aged 15 years and over living in a couple (married or common-law) 52.6 53.3 52.6
Families and households
% of couples (married and common-law) with children (of any age)5 60.0 60.0 58.9
% of couples (married and common-law) with at least one child under 25 years of age 52.4 52.1 50.8
Total private households6 903,580 943,080 979,440
% of one-person households 27.9 28.2 30.2
% of households containing a couple with children7 26.9 27.0 25.5
% of households containing a couple without children8 23.7 24.0 23.9
Average household size 2.6 2.6 2.5
Median household income9 49,405 55,331 52,833
Median economic family income10 59,943 66,973 64,935
% of economic families receiving government transfers11 87.7 82.9 84.2
% of economic family income from government transfers12 11.8 8.8 8.6
Median economic family government transfers13 3,913 3,101 3,785
Median income for persons 15 years and over not in economic families14 26,014 29,240 27,210
% of persons not in economic families in low income before tax15 42.0 37.8 41.0
% of economic families in low income before tax16 24.5 19.6 20.6
Housing and shelter costs
Total occupied private dwellings occupied by usual residents17 903,585 943,080 979,440
% of occupied private dwellings owned18 47.5 50.7 54.4
% of occupied private dwellings rented19 52.5 49.3 45.6
% of occupied private dwellings that are band housing20 0.0 0.0 0.0
% of occupied private dwellings requiring major repair21 9.0 8.8 7.8
% of occupied private dwellings constructed in the last 10 years22 8.6 7.1 9.9
% of occupied private dwellings with more than one person per room23 6.0 5.1 4.7
Language
% of population whose mother tongue is English only24 54.2 51.8 49.6
% of population whose mother tongue is French only25 1.2 1.2 1.2
% of the population whose mother tongue is a non-official language only26 42.0 44.9 46.9
% of the population who speak English and/or French most often at home27 71.2 69.7 68.8
% of the population who only speak a non-official language most often at home28 28.8 30.3 31.2
% of the population with knowledge of an official language29 94.0 94.9 94.7
% of the population with knowledge of both official languages30 8.4 9.1 9.3
Mobility and migration
% who lived at same address 5 years ago31 52.6 54.5 54.8
% who moved within the same census subdivision (CSD) 26.6 27.4 28.2
% who moved within the province from a different census subdivision (CSD) 8.4 5.0 4.7
% who moved from a different province/territory 1.7 2.1 1.4
% who lived outside Canada 10.7 11.0 10.7
Immigration and citizenship
% immigrants32 47.6 49.4 50.0
% recent immigrants (arrived in last 5 years)33 13.3 11.4 10.8
% Canadian citizens 82.6 83.7 84.7
Visible minorities
% visible minorities34 37.3 42.8 46.9
Aboriginal peoples
% reporting Aboriginal identity35 0.4 0.5 0.5
Labour
Employment rate36 56.7 60.8 60.1
Employment rate for males37 62.7 66.7 65.7
Employment rate for females38 51.3 55.3 55.0
Participation rate39 63.5 65.3 65.0
Participation rate for males40 69.9 71.3 70.7
Participation rate for females41 57.7 59.8 60.0
Unemployment rate42 10.7 7.0 7.6
Unemployment rate for males43 10.4 6.5 7.1
Unemployment rate for females44 11.1 7.5 8.2
% male full-year, full-time workers45 40.1 43.6 41.5
% female full-year, full-time workers46 29.3 31.6 30.3
Unpaid work
% of males reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work47 84.4 86.1 87.3
% of females reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work48 91.7 91.4 91.7
Place of work and commuting to work
% working at home49 5.7 6.1 6.9
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as driver50 53.4 52.2 49.4
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as passenger 6.0 5.4 6.4
Travel to work: % using public transit 32.5 33.8 34.4
Travel to work: % walking or biking 7.3 7.7 8.8
Income and earnings
Median total income for males51 28,408 31,722 28,800
Median total income for females52 20,403 22,100 21,153
Median earnings for males working full year, full time53 43,869 45,000 46,227
Median earnings for females working full year, full time54 37,030 39,224 40,210
% of persons in low income before tax55 27.8 22.8 24.5