Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Province of Prince Edward Island
Data quality- In 2016, 13.9% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 60.1% lived in a couple and 5.6% lived as a lone parent.
- 84.7% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 15.3% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 32.5% compared to 33.5% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 230 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 54.0% were families without children and 46.0% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Prince Edward Island, 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 | 69.2 | 68.0 | 66.8 | 64.8 |
A couple census family without children | 24.5 | 27.1 | 28.8 | 30.1 |
A couple census family with children | 34.8 | 31.0 | 28.4 | 25.8 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
Multigenerational households | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
Other census-family households | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
One-person households | 22.8 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 27.4 |
Marital status, Prince Edward Island, 2016
In Prince Edward Island, 59.6% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (50.7%) or living with a common-law partner (8.9%).
The remaining 40.4% 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, Prince Edward Island, 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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