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11. Enduring Diversity: Living Arrangements of Children in Canada over 100 Years of the Census Archived
Articles and reports: 91F0015M2014011
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article examines the family structure and living arrangements of Canadian children using census data from 1901 to 2011. Specifically, four eras reflecting major shifts in family living arrangements are considered: the early 20th Century, the Baby Boom, the late 20th Century, and the current millennium to date.
Release date: 2014-04-29
12. Emerging trends in living arrangements and conjugal unions for current and future seniors Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400111904
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study uses data from the Census of Population and 2011 General Social Survey in order to examine the conjugal histories and living arrangements for current seniors, defined as individuals aged at least 65, and "future seniors", defined as individuals aged 55 to 64.
Release date: 2014-02-24
13. Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: First Nations People, Métis and Inuit Archived
Articles and reports: 99-011-X2011001
Description:
This 2011 National Household Survey analytical document presents key findings emerging from the analysis of data on Aboriginal peoples in Canada in 2011. The analysis focuses on various levels of geography including Canada, the provinces and territories and some census metropolitan areas.
Release date: 2013-05-08
14. Cultural Influences Across Time and Space: Do Source-country Gender Roles Affect Immigrant Women's Paid and Unpaid Labour Activity? Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2013349
Geography: Canada
Description:
Canadian immigrants come from a range of source countries which vary considerably in gender roles. Examining gender roles is therefore valuable in determining whether cultural norms continue to influence labour activities after immigrants have been exposed to the new environment of their host country. This study focuses on the "portability" of gender roles for immigrant women; that is, it examines whether source-country gender roles continue to influence immigrant families' labour and housework activities after arrival in Canada.
Release date: 2013-03-28
15. Living apart together Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201300111771
Geography: Canada
Description:
Many individuals are not married or in a common-law relationship, but are in a stable relationship without living under the same roof. These couples are 'living apart together.' How many individuals are in this situation in Canada? Is this type of relationship increasing? Are these relationships motivated by lifestyle choices?
Release date: 2013-03-05
16. Portrait of Families and Living Arrangements in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 98-312-X2011001
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
Description:
This 2011 Census analytical document presents key trends emerging from the analysis of families, household and marital status data in Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs), regions located outside CMAs and CAs, and municipalities.
Release date: 2012-09-19
17. Families, living arrangements and unpaid work Archived
Articles and reports: 89-503-X201000111546
Geography: Canada
Description:
This chapter on families, living arrangements and unpaid work examines the family context and living arrangements of women, including their conjugal lives, and for those in couples, whether they are legal marriages or common-law unions, opposite-sex or same-sex couples, and whether or not there are children present. In addition, female lone-parent families are also analysed, as well as women who live in other arrangements, such as alone or with non-relatives. Other patterns related to births, marriages and divorces are explored, as are family characteristics and living arrangements of immigrant women and visible minority women. Finally, the area of unpaid work is examined, specifically, care of household children, domestic work (including housework and household maintenance) and volunteering.
Release date: 2011-12-14
18. Quality of personal networks: Does living alone matter? Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X201100211591
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article compares the personal networks of adults aged 25 to 64 living alone with those of adults living in a couple. It provides data on size of networks, frequency of contact and feelings of social loneliness. It also examines the extent to which people living alone are more likely to have personal networks of lower or higher quality than those living in a couple when various factors are taken into account. Data are from the 2008 General Social Survey.
Release date: 2011-11-30
19. Cognitive performance of Canadian seniors Archived
Articles and reports: 82-003-X201100211473
Geography: Canada
Description:
Using data from the 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Healthy Aging Cognition Module, this study examines correlates of low performance on four cognitive tasks among Canadians aged 65 or older who were living in private dwellings and who did not have Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
Release date: 2011-06-15
20. Caring for a parent who lives far away: The consequences Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X201000111072
Geography: Canada
Description:
As our population ages, more and more people are required to provide care or assistance to an elderly parent. In 2007, about one in five caregivers lived more than one hour away from the parent they were assisting. This study provides a profile of caregivers according to whether they lived at varying distances from the parent to whom they were providing care. Information is provided about the socio-economic characteristics of caregivers, the types and frequency of care provided, the use of additional sources of assistance, etc. The primary focus is on the financial, social and work consequences associated with assisting a parent who lives far from a caregiver's place of residence.
Release date: 2010-01-26

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1. Housing experiences and measures of health and well-being among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit: Findings from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey
Articles and reports: 41-20-00022023001
Description: This article uses data from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) to examine health, life satisfaction, and financial hardship among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit across housing tenure (owners, renters, or renters in social and affordable housing), housing conditions, and core housing need. Where possible, estimates are presented by Indigenous identity group, gender, and age with those for the non-Indigenous population provided for context.
Release date: 2023-04-04
2. Differences in living arrangements of older seniors by mother tongue
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100500003
Description:
Canada’s senior population is becoming more diverse, ethnically and linguistically. Among individuals aged 75 and older in 2016, 34% were foreign-born and 27% had a mother tongue other than English or French, compared with 29% and 21%, respectively, in 1991. There is a pressing need for a better understanding of the living arrangements of immigrant and ethnic minority seniors in response to shifting demographics. This article provides an overview of the living arrangements of Canadians aged 75 and older across mother tongue groups. Analysis is based on the 2016 Census of Population short-form questionnaire and includes older seniors in both private and collective residences.

Release date: 2021-05-26
3. Characterizing people experiencing homelessness and trends in homelessness using population-level emergency department visit data in Ontario, Canada
Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100100002
Description:
This study uses comprehensive administrative health data from emergency department visits to enumerate people experiencing homelessness and characterize demographic and geographic trends in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Release date: 2021-01-20
4. Results from the 2016 Census: Housing, income and residential dissimilarity among Indigenous people in Canadian cities
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100018
Description:
Residential dissimilarity describes the extent to which one population group lives apart from another in a shared urban space. This study uses data from the 2016 Census to examine the housing, income and residential dissimilarity of the Indigenous population living in private households in the 49 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) that were large enough to be divided into census tracts, and provides a short description of neighbourhoods with a large concentration of Indigenous people.
Release date: 2019-12-10
5. Aboriginal seniors in population centres in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 89-653-X2017013
Description:
This article uses data from the 2011 National Household Survey and the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to examine the living arrangements and socio-economic conditions of Aboriginal seniors aged 65 years and over living in private households in population centres. A population centre is an area with a population of at least 1,000 persons and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre.
Release date: 2017-03-21
6. The Girl Child Archived
Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500114680
Description:
The chapter entitled "Women in Canada: The Girl Child" explores the diverse circumstances and experiences of girls aged 17 and under. The chapter describes the demographic characteristics of girls in Canada and presents several topics related to their well-being including: living arrangements, socioeconomic conditions, physical health and development, mortality, emotional and social health and development, child care, school readiness, education, and personal security. Where possible, comparisons are made between girls in different age groups, between girls and boys, and within several subpopulations.
Release date: 2017-02-22
7. Living arrangements of Aboriginal children aged 14 and under Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201600114547
Description:
This study uses data from the National Household Survey (NHS) to examine the living arrangements of Aboriginal children aged 14 and under, and includes results about the proportion of Aboriginal children who lived with lone parents, with their grandparents, or in a stepfamily. The study also provides key statistics about Aboriginal foster children.
Release date: 2016-04-13
8. Families and living arrangements Archived
Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500114235
Description:
The majority of women and girls in Canada live in families although there is much diversity in their particular living arrangements. This chapter of Women in Canada begins with a brief overview of the family context and living arrangements of girls aged 14 and under but focuses primarily on those of women aged 15 and over. Topics to be examined include the conjugal status of women, that is, the extent to which women are in legal marriages or common-law unions, and whether these women in couples are opposite-sex or same-sex or include children in the home. In addition, trends related to women in stepfamilies, divorced or separated women and lone-mother families will be analysed. Other living arrangements of women, such as living alone, with relatives, or only with non-relatives, as well as fertility patterns, will also be explored.
Release date: 2015-11-10
9. Diversity of grandparents living with their grandchildren Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201500114154
Description:
Even though most grandparents live in separate households from their adult children and grandchildren, sometimes the grandparent and grandchild generations live together. This paper provides information on the number of grandparents who are in this particular situation, along with their living arrangements and their ethnocultural and sociodemographic characteristics.
Release date: 2015-04-14
10. Living arrangements of children in Canada: A century of change Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400111919
Geography: Canada
Description:
Over the last century, Canada experienced many social, economic, legislative, and cultural changes. As a result, the family circumstances and living arrangements of Canadians have evolved substantially. What can the census reveal about the changing diversity of children's living arrangements over time?
Release date: 2014-04-29

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