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 Vernon

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	59,715	4,365	4,260	2,365	1,855	40	60	45	55,350
Married spouses and common-law partners	30,780	1,355	1,310	650	655	0	20	30	29,425
Married spouses	25,465	970	930	425	505	0	10	25	24,495
Common-law partners	5,315	385	375	225	155	0	0	0	4,930
Lone parents (in lone-parent census families)	2,695	420	420	255	160	10	0	10	2,275
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	14,850	1,810	1,785	1,005	750	35	20	0	13,040
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 9	9,350	750	750	410	335	10	0	10	8,600
In an intact family^Footnote 10	8,975	670	670	355	305	10	0	10	8,305
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 11	380	85	80	55	30	0	0	0	300
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	1,365	195	195	110	85	0	0	0	1,170
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 12	830	120	120	50	65	0	0	0	710
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 13	535	75	75	60	20	0	0	0	455
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 14	4,005	825	805	455	325	30	20	0	3,185
With a male lone parent	780	125	115	55	65	0	0	10	655
With a female lone parent	3,225	700	685	400	260	30	15	0	2,525
Living with grandparents without parents present	125	35	40	30	0	0	0	0	90
With two grandparents without parents present	60	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	40
With one grandparent without parents present	65	15	15	10	0	0	0	0	55
Persons not in census families	11,390	785	750	460	290	0	25	10	10,605
Living with other relatives	1,095	105	105	50	55	0	0	0	985
Foster children	75	25	25	10	10	0	0	0	55
Living with non-relatives only or alone	10,215	660	625	400	220	0	25	10	9,560

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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) – Vernon

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.3%.
• 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.