Family Characteristics (22), Aboriginal Identity (9), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Registered or Treaty Indian status (3): Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status
• Age (8A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details family characteristics , aboriginal identity , registered or treaty indian status , age and sex for the population in private households in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

Family characteristics (22)	Aboriginal identity (9)
	Total - Aboriginal identity^Footnote 2	Aboriginal identity^Footnote 3	Single Aboriginal responses^Footnote 4	First Nations (North American Indian)^Footnote 5	Métis	Inuk (Inuit)	Multiple Aboriginal responses^Footnote 6	Aboriginal responses not included elsewhere ^Footnote 7	Non-Aboriginal identity
Total - Family characteristics^Footnote 8	908,340	51,495	49,935	25,830	23,315	795	835	725	856,845
Married spouses and common-law partners	448,280	20,065	19,340	8,275	10,770	295	350	370	428,215
Married spouses	363,030	14,805	14,230	5,630	8,420	180	270	300	348,220
Common-law partners	85,250	5,255	5,110	2,645	2,355	115	80	70	79,995
Lone parents (in lone-parent census families)	46,810	3,765	3,675	2,315	1,320	45	70	15	43,045
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	237,945	19,310	18,805	10,760	7,745	305	310	200	218,630
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 9	145,925	9,950	9,665	4,880	4,670	120	160	125	135,980
In an intact family^Footnote 10	139,850	9,250	8,980	4,415	4,460	105	150	120	130,595
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 11	6,075	695	690	460	210	20	0	10	5,385
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	20,095	1,720	1,655	960	665	30	40	25	18,380
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 12	11,700	950	915	510	390	10	20	15	10,750
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 13	8,400	770	745	450	270	25	15	10	7,635
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 14	68,845	7,235	7,085	4,610	2,325	145	105	45	61,610
With a male lone parent	12,745	1,300	1,280	795	435	50	20	10	11,440
With a female lone parent	56,105	5,930	5,805	3,810	1,895	95	90	35	50,170
Living with grandparents without parents present	3,070	410	400	310	85	10	0	10	2,660
With two grandparents without parents present	1,675	200	195	140	60	0	0	10	1,475
With one grandparent without parents present	1,400	210	205	175	30	0	0	0	1,185
Persons not in census families	175,305	8,355	8,115	4,490	3,480	150	110	130	166,950
Living with other relatives	16,990	1,055	1,025	660	355	15	15	15	15,935
Foster children	905	195	190	180	10	0	0	0	715
Living with non-relatives only or alone	157,405	7,105	6,895	3,650	3,115	135	90	120	150,305

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the Census of Population.

For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 2

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the 2016 Census of Population. For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 3

'Aboriginal identity' includes persons who are First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit) and/or those who are Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada) and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Aboriginal peoples of Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982, section 35 (2) as including the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.

Footnote 4

'Single Aboriginal responses' includes persons who are in only one Aboriginal group, that is First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit).

Footnote 5

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the 2016 Census of Population. For additional information, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 6

'Multiple Aboriginal responses' includes persons who are any two or all three of the following: First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit).

Footnote 7

'Aboriginal responses not included elsewhere' includes persons who are not First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit), but who have Registered or Treaty Indian status and/or Membership in a First Nation or Indian band.

Footnote 8

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family; Stepfamily status of couple family with children; and Relationship structure of stepfamily.

Footnote 9

One or more grandparents of the child may also be present in the household.

Footnote 10

In an intact family, all children are the biological or adopted children of both persons in the couple. This category also includes children living in census families for whom it cannot be determined whether it is an intact family or a stepfamily.

Footnote 11

In a complex stepfamily, some or all of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 12

In a simple stepfamily, none of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 13

In a complex stepfamily, some or all of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 14

One or more grandparents of the child may also be present in the household.

Data quality note(s) – Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.5%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016162.