Table 2
Household living arrangements by immigrant status and sex, Canada, 2011

Table summary
This table displays the results of Household living arrangements by immigrant status and sex. The information is grouped by Household living arrangement (appearing as row headers), Canadian-born, Total immigrants, Recent immigrants, Female and Male, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Household living arrangement Canadian-born Total immigrants Recent immigrants
Female Male Female Male Female Male
percentage
15 to 24 years  
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Living in a census family 88.1 87.0 89.8 88.4 86.5 84.0
Living with at least one relative 1.9 2.2 3.3 3.5 5.4 5.2
Living with non-relatives only 6.9 7.2 4.6 5.4 6.0 7.9
Living alone 3.2 3.5 2.3 2.7 2.1 2.8
25 to 54 years  
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Living in a census family 84.4 77.4 89.2 84.6 85.6 80.6
Living with at least one relative 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.4 3.7 3.7
Living with non-relatives only 4.0 6.2 3.2 4.5 5.9 7.5
Living alone 10.4 14.7 5.4 8.6 4.7 8.2
55 to 64 years  
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Living in a census family 74.7 78.4 81.2 86.4 77.3 89.7
Living with at least one relative 2.5 1.6 4.8 1.8 15.3 3.3
Living with non-relatives only 2.5 3.1 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.4
Living alone 20.3 16.9 11.9 9.5 5.0 4.5
65 years and over  
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Living in a census family 55.1 76.7 57.4 82.0 51.5 85.8
Living with at least one relative 4.6 2.1 13.1 3.6 41.0 9.8
Living with non-relatives only 1.9 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.1
Living alone 38.4 19.1 27.9 12.9 6.0 3.4
Note: Household living arrangements is reported for the population living in private households and does not include persons living in institutional collective dwellings such as hospitals, nursing homes and penitentiaries.
Source: Statistics Canada, National Household Survey, 2011.
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