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 New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick

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	730,705	29,385	28,160	17,575	10,205	385	470	750	701,325
Married spouses and common-law partners	373,430	11,085	10,580	5,705	4,715	165	185	325	362,340
Married spouses	296,105	7,660	7,315	3,665	3,560	90	135	215	288,445
Common-law partners	77,325	3,425	3,265	2,035	1,150	75	45	115	73,900
Lone parents (in lone-parent census families)	36,145	2,265	2,175	1,580	590	0	40	50	33,885
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	192,515	10,865	10,435	7,280	2,995	155	180	250	181,650
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 9	120,985	5,025	4,790	3,065	1,665	60	90	150	115,955
In an intact family^Footnote 10	115,415	4,585	4,385	2,765	1,560	60	65	140	110,830
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 11	5,565	440	410	300	105	0	25	10	5,120
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	17,290	1,015	970	675	265	25	25	20	16,275
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 12	9,995	535	510	355	140	20	20	10	9,460
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 13	7,300	480	455	320	125	10	10	15	6,815
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 14	51,890	4,505	4,360	3,265	1,035	65	65	80	47,385
With a male lone parent	10,090	885	860	590	255	15	15	15	9,205
With a female lone parent	41,800	3,620	3,500	2,680	780	45	50	70	38,175
Living with grandparents without parents present	2,350	315	310	270	30	0	10	0	2,040
With two grandparents without parents present	1,350	165	155	135	25	0	10	0	1,185
With one grandparent without parents present	1,005	155	155	140	10	0	0	0	855
Persons not in census families	128,615	5,160	4,970	3,010	1,905	60	70	130	123,450
Living with other relatives	13,470	680	660	435	230	0	10	10	12,785
Foster children	770	110	110	105	10	10	0	0	655
Living with non-relatives only or alone	114,375	4,370	4,190	2,475	1,665	55	65	115	110,000

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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) – New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
• 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.