Table 1
Women and men aged 15 years and over, by living arrangements, Canada, 2006
Living arrangement | Women | Men | ||||
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thousands | % | percentage growth 2001 to 2006 |
thousands | % | percentage growth 2001 to 2006 |
|
All living arrangements | 13,116.7 | 100.0 | 7.2 | 12,395.1 | 100.0 | 7.1 |
In a couple | 7,478.7 | 57.0 | 6.0 | 7,486.9 | 60.4 | 6.0 |
With married spouse | 6,105.4 | 46.5 | 3.5 | 6,106.5 | 49.3 | 3.5 |
With common-law partner | 1,373.3 | 10.5 | 18.9 | 1,380.4 | 11.1 | 18.8 |
Lone parents | 1,132.3 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 281.8 | 2.3 | 14.6 |
As children | 1,871.5 | 14.3 | 9.5 | 2,347.8 | 18.9 | 7.0 |
With relatives1 | 360.6 | 2.7 | 11.6 | 245.3 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
With non-relatives only | 428.5 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 551.6 | 4.4 | 2.3 |
Alone | 1,845.3 | 14.1 | 10.5 | 1,481.8 | 12.0 | 13.4 |
1. These households may also contain non-relatives. See 2006 Census Dictionary for more information on census family concepts. Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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