Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Ottawa, City (CSD) - Ontario

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Ottawa, City (CSD) - Ontario

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.5%.
  • In 2016, 13.9% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 56.1% lived in a couple and 5.4% lived as a lone parent.
  • 83.4% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 16.6% were living common law.
  • In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 34.0% compared to 31.5% in 2011.
  • In 2016, there were 2,770 same-sex couples.
  • In 2016, among couple census families 46.7% were families without children and 53.3% were families with children.

Figure 1.1

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Percentage of children aged 0 to 14 by family type, Ottawa, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Percentage of persons living in couples according to selected age groups, Ottawa, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Percentage of common-law couples by province and territory, 2011 and 2016

Proportion of households by household type, Ottawa, 2006 to 2016

Ottawa – Proportion of households by household type, 2001 to 2016
Household type 2006 (%) 2011 (%) 2016 (%)
Total households 100 100 100
One-census-family households without additional persons 62.6 60.9 61.1
A couple census family without children 23.5 23.7 24.4
A couple census family with children 30.1 28.4 27.9
A lone-parent census family 9.0 8.8 8.9
Multigenerational households 2.2 2.2 2.3
Other census-family households 3.0 3.2 3.2
Non-census-family households of two or more persons 4.7 5.4 5.1
One-person households 27.4 28.3 28.3

Marital status, Ottawa, 2016

In Ottawa, 56.2% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (47.1%) or living with a common-law partner (9.1%).

The remaining 43.8% 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, Ottawa, 2016 census

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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
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revised
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use with caution

Source:

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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