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 Medicine Hat

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	74,670	3,680	3,635	1,250	2,360	30	20	25	70,985
Married spouses and common-law partners	37,195	1,295	1,290	345	930	15	0	0	35,900
Married spouses	30,885	875	870	200	670	10	0	0	30,010
Common-law partners	6,315	420	420	150	260	10	0	0	5,895
Lone parents (in lone-parent census families)	3,320	225	225	100	125	0	0	0	3,095
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	21,465	1,575	1,545	580	965	0	15	15	19,890
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 9	13,840	750	740	235	505	0	10	0	13,090
In an intact family^Footnote 10	13,025	705	700	225	475	0	0	0	12,320
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 11	815	45	45	10	35	0	0	0	770
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	2,195	250	240	90	150	0	0	10	1,945
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 12	1,010	125	120	50	75	0	0	0	890
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 13	1,180	125	115	35	75	0	0	10	1,055
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 14	5,245	540	530	255	275	0	0	0	4,705
With a male lone parent	1,055	130	125	25	110	0	0	0	930
With a female lone parent	4,185	410	400	230	165	0	10	0	3,775
Living with grandparents without parents present	185	35	30	0	30	0	0	0	150
With two grandparents without parents present	140	25	25	10	25	0	0	0	110
With one grandparent without parents present	50	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	40
Persons not in census families	12,685	585	580	225	340	15	0	0	12,100
Living with other relatives	1,070	55	55	30	25	0	0	0	1,015
Foster children	50	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	25
Living with non-relatives only or alone	11,565	505	500	170	315	10	0	0	11,060

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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) – Medicine Hat

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.3%.
• 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.