Table A1
Distribution of senior families by various characteristics, 2016

Table A1
Distribution of senior families by various characteristics, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of senior families by various characteristics All and With debt, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	percent
	All	With debt
Sex of major income earner
Male	55.4	59.8
Female	44.6	40.2
Age of major income earner
65 to 69	30.6	42.5
70 to 74	25.5	29.0
75 to 79	17.5	15.9
80 and over	26.4	12.6
Highest level of education of major income earner
Less than high school	31.2	25.1
High school diploma	23.9	23.6
Non-university postsecondary certificate or diploma	25.0	28.5
University degree or certificate	19.9	22.8
Family structure^{Table A1 Note 1}
Unattached individual	47.8	37.8
Male	16.6	14.0
Female	31.2	23.8
Couple, no children	42.6	46.9
Other family types	9.7	15.3
Immigrant status of major income earner
Immigrant	25.9	23.2
Canadian-born	74.1	76.8
Home ownership status^{Table A1 Note 2}
Owners with a mortgage	12.0	46.6
Owners without a mortgage	54.9	28.5
Non-owners	33.1	24.9
Labour force status of major income earner
Employee	8.7	13.9
Self-employed	6.2	9.2
Not in the labour force	85.0	76.8
Province or region of residence
Atlantic	7.9	9.5
Quebec	27.4	26.1
Ontario	36.3	35.4
Manitoba	3.2	3.0
Saskatchewan	3.1	2.2
Alberta	8.0	8.8
British Columbia	14.2	15.0
Note 1 There were no couples with children or lone parents among senior families. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Mortgage debt among owners without a mortgage and non-owners relates to mortgage debt on properties other than the principal residence. Return to note 2 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Security, 1999 and 2016.

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