Housing and family and household characteristics of older adults
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- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100010Description: Using the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey, this study examines dwelling satisfaction as a key indicator of housing needs for older adults aged 55 years and older. It explores the associations between overall dwelling satisfaction and various dwelling characteristics, including tenure type, dwelling type, and specific dwelling aspects.Release date: 2023-09-07
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300400003Description: While past Canadian studies have assessed the short-term impact of divorce and widowhood on living standards during retirement years, less is known about the long-term impact and how living standards compare across cohorts. This study follows five cohorts of individuals as they age from their mid 50s to their late 70s.Release date: 2023-05-08
- Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202100100002Description:
This article about the population aged 65 and older is part of the "Housing Experiences in Canada" fact sheet series. This series focuses on housing indicators that provide information on the housing experiences of different population groups, with a focus on those identified in legislation that recognizes housing as a human right.
Release date: 2021-11-22 - Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100500003Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X201800554966Description:
The aging of the Canadian population has increased attention on the future need for nursing home beds. Although current projections rely primarily on age and sex, other factors also contribute to the need for long-term care. This study seeks to identify additional factors to age and sex that contribute to Canadians transitioning from living at home to living in a seniors' residence or nursing home. The data are from a record linkage project that combined three cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey and the 2011 Census of Population.
Release date: 2018-05-16 - Articles and reports: 75-006-X201500114154Description:
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 - 7. Emerging trends in living arrangements and conjugal unions for current and future seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-006-X201400111904Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 8. Government-subsidized home care ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20050049497Geography: CanadaDescription:
The proportion of Canadians receiving governmentsubsidized home care was almost stable between 1994/95 and 2003, rising only slightly from 2.5% to 2.7%. Over that period, the average age of people receiving this type of care fell from just under 65 to 62. Among people who needed help with personal care, the proportion receiving government-subsidized home care fell from one-half to one-third. In 1994/95, 8% of recipients of government-subsidized home care were incontinent; by 2003, the proportion had more than doubled to 17%.
Release date: 2006-10-17 - 9. Seniors' use of home care ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20050049498Geography: CanadaDescription:
In 2003, 15% of seniors living in private households received some form of home care. Over half of seniors who had home care received it from formal sources only services entirely or partially covered by government, private agencies or volunteers. Housework was the most common type of home care received by seniors. Four in ten seniors who needed help moving about in their house, and one-third of those who needed help with personal care, did not receive home care.
Release date: 2006-10-17 - 10. The housing transitions of seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20050038969Geography: CanadaDescription:
The housing transition patterns of seniors had been the focus of some attention in 2004 against a backdrop of concerns about the dwindling demand for rental properties. This article takes a closer look at seniors who downsize, those who upsize and others who move for lifestyle reasons. It identifies the characteristics of senior movers, the life events associated with their move, and the various types of housing transitions they made.
Release date: 2005-12-06
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- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100010Description: Using the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey, this study examines dwelling satisfaction as a key indicator of housing needs for older adults aged 55 years and older. It explores the associations between overall dwelling satisfaction and various dwelling characteristics, including tenure type, dwelling type, and specific dwelling aspects.Release date: 2023-09-07
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300400003Description: While past Canadian studies have assessed the short-term impact of divorce and widowhood on living standards during retirement years, less is known about the long-term impact and how living standards compare across cohorts. This study follows five cohorts of individuals as they age from their mid 50s to their late 70s.Release date: 2023-05-08
- Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202100100002Description:
This article about the population aged 65 and older is part of the "Housing Experiences in Canada" fact sheet series. This series focuses on housing indicators that provide information on the housing experiences of different population groups, with a focus on those identified in legislation that recognizes housing as a human right.
Release date: 2021-11-22 - Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100500003Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X201800554966Description:
The aging of the Canadian population has increased attention on the future need for nursing home beds. Although current projections rely primarily on age and sex, other factors also contribute to the need for long-term care. This study seeks to identify additional factors to age and sex that contribute to Canadians transitioning from living at home to living in a seniors' residence or nursing home. The data are from a record linkage project that combined three cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey and the 2011 Census of Population.
Release date: 2018-05-16 - Articles and reports: 75-006-X201500114154Description:
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 - 7. Emerging trends in living arrangements and conjugal unions for current and future seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-006-X201400111904Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 8. Government-subsidized home care ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20050049497Geography: CanadaDescription:
The proportion of Canadians receiving governmentsubsidized home care was almost stable between 1994/95 and 2003, rising only slightly from 2.5% to 2.7%. Over that period, the average age of people receiving this type of care fell from just under 65 to 62. Among people who needed help with personal care, the proportion receiving government-subsidized home care fell from one-half to one-third. In 1994/95, 8% of recipients of government-subsidized home care were incontinent; by 2003, the proportion had more than doubled to 17%.
Release date: 2006-10-17 - 9. Seniors' use of home care ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20050049498Geography: CanadaDescription:
In 2003, 15% of seniors living in private households received some form of home care. Over half of seniors who had home care received it from formal sources only services entirely or partially covered by government, private agencies or volunteers. Housework was the most common type of home care received by seniors. Four in ten seniors who needed help moving about in their house, and one-third of those who needed help with personal care, did not receive home care.
Release date: 2006-10-17 - 10. The housing transitions of seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20050038969Geography: CanadaDescription:
The housing transition patterns of seniors had been the focus of some attention in 2004 against a backdrop of concerns about the dwindling demand for rental properties. This article takes a closer look at seniors who downsize, those who upsize and others who move for lifestyle reasons. It identifies the characteristics of senior movers, the life events associated with their move, and the various types of housing transitions they made.
Release date: 2005-12-06
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