Generation Status (6), Household type of person (9), Age (12) 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

• Age (12): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details generation status , household type of person , age and sex for the population in private households in Nelson

Generation status (6)	Household type of person (9)
	Total - Household type of person	Persons in one-census-family households without additional persons	In a couple census family without children (no other persons present in the household)	In a couple census family with children (no other persons present in the household)	In a lone-parent census family (no other persons present in the household)	Persons in multigenerational households^Footnote 1	Persons in other census family households^Footnote 2	Persons in two-or-more-person non-census-family households	Persons living alone (one-person households)
Total - Generation status^Footnote 3	17,960	12,685	4,460	6,360	1,865	330	1,135	1,070	2,735
First generation^Footnote 4	2,675	1,820	855	825	145	30	195	185	440
Second generation^Footnote 5	3,790	2,720	895	1,420	400	70	265	120	615
Both parents born outside Canada	1,255	865	320	425	120	20	110	30	225
One parent born outside Canada and one parent born in Canada	2,535	1,855	575	995	280	50	155	90	385
Third generation or more^Footnote 6	11,495	8,140	2,715	4,115	1,320	230	675	765	1,680

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

In households where there is at least one person living with a child and a grandchild.

Footnote 2

In households that are not multigenerational where there is one census family with additional persons or more than one census family.

Footnote 3

For more information on generation status 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 Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 4

'First generation' includes persons who were born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or once were, immigrants to Canada.

Footnote 5

'Second generation' includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are the children of immigrants.

Footnote 6

'Third generation or more' includes persons who were born in Canada with both parents born in Canada.

Data quality note(s) – Nelson

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 8.2%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016236.