Age of Primary Household Maintainer (9), Tenure (4), Structural Type of Dwelling (10) and Household Type Including Census Family Structure (9) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Structural type of dwelling (10): Total - Structural type of dwelling
• Household type including census family structure (9): Total - Household type including census family structure

This table details age of primary household maintainer , tenure , structural type of dwelling and household type including census family structure for private households in Ontario

Age of primary household maintainer (9)	Tenure (4)
	Total - Tenure	Owner	Renter	Band housing
Total - Age of primary household maintainer^Footnote 2	5,169,175	3,601,820	1,559,720	7,630
15 to 24 years	135,835	25,535	109,890	415
25 to 34 years	681,685	328,765	351,460	1,460
35 to 44 years	880,070	598,190	280,255	1,625
45 to 54 years	1,113,885	831,895	280,170	1,820
55 to 64 years	1,047,190	811,915	233,975	1,295
65 to 74 years	738,445	576,745	161,000	700
75 to 84 years	414,210	314,320	99,615	270
85 years and over	157,860	114,465	43,345	50

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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

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Household type; Census family.

Footnote 2

Primary household maintainer - The first person in the household identified as someone who pays the rent, or the mortgage, or the taxes, or the electricity or other services or utilities for the dwelling. When more than one member of the household contributes to the payments, the first person listed is chosen as the primary household maintainer. If no person in the household is identified as making any such payments, the first person listed is selected by default.


The order of the persons in a household is determined by the order in which they are listed on the questionnaire. Generally, an adult is listed first followed, if applicable, by their spouse or common-law partner and then by their children. The order does not necessarily correspond to the proportion of household payments made by each person.

Data quality note(s) – Ontario

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
• 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-X2016227.