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 Wasaga Beach

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	20,405	610	600	310	285	10	0	10	19,795
Married spouses and common-law partners	11,865	240	235	105	130	0	0	0	11,625
Married spouses	10,150	200	195	85	115	0	0	0	9,950
Common-law partners	1,720	40	40	25	15	0	0	0	1,675
Lone parents (in lone-parent census families)	855	30	25	15	10	0	0	0	830
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	4,605	240	240	130	105	10	0	0	4,365
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 9	2,780	155	155	85	65	0	0	0	2,625
In an intact family^Footnote 10	2,650	145	150	85	65	0	0	0	2,500
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 11	130	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	125
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	555	35	35	15	15	0	0	0	520
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 12	310	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	300
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 13	245	25	25	15	0	0	0	0	220
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 14	1,250	50	55	25	25	0	0	0	1,200
With a male lone parent	245	20	20	10	10	0	0	0	225
With a female lone parent	1,005	35	35	20	15	0	0	0	970
Living with grandparents without parents present	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
With two grandparents without parents present	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
With one grandparent without parents present	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
Persons not in census families	3,075	100	95	65	35	0	0	0	2,980
Living with other relatives	340	15	15	10	0	0	0	0	325
Foster children	40	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
Living with non-relatives only or alone	2,695	80	75	45	30	0	0	0	2,615

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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) – Wasaga Beach

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.3%.
• 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.