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 Thunder Bay

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	118,875	15,075	14,810	11,340	3,440	30	120	145	103,805
Married spouses and common-law partners	55,710	4,390	4,290	2,990	1,295	0	45	50	51,325
Married spouses	44,660	2,610	2,555	1,680	880	0	25	35	42,050
Common-law partners	11,050	1,775	1,740	1,315	415	10	20	20	9,275
Lone parents (in lone-parent census families)	6,535	1,560	1,530	1,285	240	0	10	20	4,980
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	32,880	6,310	6,250	4,960	1,280	10	40	20	26,570
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 9	19,775	2,515	2,510	1,815	695	0	10	0	17,255
In an intact family^Footnote 10	18,825	2,235	2,225	1,620	600	0	10	10	16,590
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 11	945	285	280	195	90	0	0	0	665
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	2,980	585	575	470	105	0	0	0	2,400
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 12	1,720	340	340	285	55	0	0	0	1,380
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 13	1,260	245	240	185	55	0	0	0	1,015
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 14	9,665	3,025	2,985	2,505	475	0	30	15	6,640
With a male lone parent	2,130	565	560	415	130	10	10	0	1,570
With a female lone parent	7,530	2,460	2,425	2,085	340	0	25	10	5,075
Living with grandparents without parents present	460	185	180	180	0	0	0	0	280
With two grandparents without parents present	255	110	110	105	0	0	0	0	145
With one grandparent without parents present	205	70	75	75	0	0	0	0	135
Persons not in census families	23,750	2,815	2,740	2,105	625	10	25	50	20,935
Living with other relatives	2,375	525	515	460	60	0	0	10	1,850
Foster children	350	265	265	250	15	0	0	0	85
Living with non-relatives only or alone	21,025	2,025	1,960	1,395	555	10	30	40	19,000

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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) – Thunder Bay

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.0%.
• 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.