Families, Households and Marital Status Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

The Families, Households and Marital Status Highlight Tables provide families, households and marital status data from the Census of Population, for various geographic levels and census years.

Marital status and opposite- and same-sex status by age and sex, and presence of children for persons aged 15 and over living in private households

These tables provide counts, percentage distributions and percentage change for the population aged 15 years and over living in private households by marital status and opposite- and same-sex status, age, sex and presence of children from the 2016, 2011, 2006 and 2001 censuses, as well as percentage change from 2006 to 2016, for select geographic areas.

Household type

These tables provide counts and percentage distributions for various geographic levels by household type from the 2001 and 2006 censuses (for select geographic areas) through to the 2016 Census.

Family characteristics of young adults by age and sex for the population aged 20 to 34 in private households

These tables provide counts, percentage distributions and percentage change for the population aged 15 years and over living in private households by marital status and opposite- and same-sex status, age, sex and presence of children from the 2016, 2011, 2006 and 2001 censuses, as well as percentage change from 2006 to 2016, for select geographic areas.

Family characteristics of children including presence of grandparents by age for the population aged 0 to 14 in private households

These tables provide counts and percentage distributions for select geographic levels for the population aged 0 to 14 by family characteristics of children, age groups and presence of grandparents, from the 2001 Census through to the 2016 Census.

Age of foster child by sex

This table provides counts and percentage change for Canada, provinces and territories for foster children by age groups and sex from the 2011 and 2016 censuses.

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  1. Marital status and opposite- and same-sex status by age and sex, and presence of children for persons aged 15 and over living in private households
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  2. Household type
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  3. Family characteristics of young adults by age and sex for the population aged 20 to 34 in private households
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  4. Family characteristics of children including presence of grandparents by age for the population aged 0 to 14 in private households
    CSV ( 118 KB) | TAB ( 105 KB)

  5. Age of foster child by sex
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