Data tables, 2016 Census

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

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This table details generation status , household type of person , age and sex for the population in private households in Calgary
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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 householdsFootnote 1 Persons in other census family householdsFootnote 2 Persons in two-or-more-person non-census-family households Persons living alone (one-person households)
Total - Generation statusFootnote 3 1,374,650 965,885 245,650 623,510 96,725 93,735 120,540 72,150 122,340
First generationFootnote 4 441,420 291,665 71,590 197,860 22,210 48,350 51,575 19,920 29,915
Second generationFootnote 5 291,960 210,175 45,130 142,220 22,830 24,490 21,035 10,085 26,170
Both parents born outside Canada 164,150 114,770 19,085 83,590 12,095 19,110 13,405 4,590 12,285
One parent born outside Canada and one parent born in Canada 127,805 95,410 26,045 58,630 10,735 5,380 7,630 5,490 13,890
Third generation or moreFootnote 6 641,275 464,045 128,930 283,435 51,680 20,900 47,930 42,145 66,255

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

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Footnote 2

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Footnote 6

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

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

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