Table 3
Distribution (percent) of living arrangements for women aged 15 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, census metropolitan areas and rural status, 2011

Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution (percent) of living arrangements for women aged 15 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, census metropolitan areas and rural status, 2011. The information is grouped by Place of residence (appearing as row headers), All living arrangements, In a couple, Lone parents, As children, With relatives, With non-relatives only, Alone, Total, With married spouse and With common-law partner, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Place of residence All living arrangements In a couple Lone parents As children With relativesNote 1 With
non-relatives only		 Alone
Total With married spouse With common-law partner
percent
Canada 100.0 56.2 45.0 11.2 8.6 14.2 2.9 3.8 14.3
Provinces and territories
Newfoundland and Labrador 100.0 60.8 51.5 9.3 8.9 12.6 2.7 3.0 12.1
Prince Edward Island 100.0 57.7 49.9 7.7 8.8 13.9 2.1 3.5 13.9
Nova Scotia 100.0 55.9 46.3 9.6 9.4 12.4 2.5 4.3 15.4
New Brunswick 100.0 58.8 47.5 11.2 9.0 11.9 2.4 3.7 14.2
Quebec 100.0 55.5 34.6 21.0 8.4 12.8 2.4 3.3 17.6
Ontario 100.0 55.5 48.3 7.3 9.0 16.0 3.2 3.5 12.7
Manitoba 100.0 56.1 48.0 8.1 9.0 14.3 2.9 3.0 14.8
Saskatchewan 100.0 57.8 49.1 8.7 8.8 12.3 2.4 3.8 14.9
Alberta 100.0 59.1 49.7 9.4 7.7 13.2 2.8 5.2 12.0
British Columbia 100.0 55.9 47.4 8.5 8.0 13.6 3.2 4.9 14.4
Yukon 100.0 54.0 36.9 17.2 10.1 12.3 2.9 5.9 14.8
Northwest Territories 100.0 54.9 34.9 20.1 11.0 15.7 3.5 5.3 9.6
Nunavut 100.0 54.0 29.4 24.6 15.1 17.7 4.5 2.9 5.8
Census metropolitan areas
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 100.0 55.2 45.6 9.6 9.7 13.8 3.1 4.9 13.3
Halifax, Nova Scotia 100.0 54.0 44.0 10.0 8.9 12.4 2.6 6.3 15.8
Moncton, New Brunswick 100.0 57.8 45.5 12.3 8.3 11.1 2.5 5.4 14.9
Saint John, New Brunswick 100.0 55.8 47.2 8.6 10.4 13.0 2.4 3.7 14.7
Saguenay, Quebec 100.0 60.0 35.9 24.1 7.0 11.7 1.9 2.3 16.9
Québec, Quebec 100.0 55.7 30.2 25.5 7.1 11.3 1.8 3.6 20.6
Sherbrooke, Quebec 100.0 54.7 30.8 23.8 7.7 10.9 1.7 3.9 21.2
Trois-Rivières, Quebec 100.0 53.9 30.3 23.6 8.4 11.0 2.0 3.5 21.2
Montréal, Quebec 100.0 52.4 35.3 17.1 9.2 14.1 2.8 3.7 17.8
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec 100.0 54.8 43.4 11.4 8.5 14.2 2.7 4.5 15.3
Kingston, Ontario 100.0 55.1 45.2 9.9 8.4 12.5 2.2 5.4 16.4
Peterborough, Ontario 100.0 55.8 46.3 9.5 8.5 13.1 2.4 5.0 15.1
Oshawa, Ontario 100.0 57.1 48.4 8.7 10.0 17.1 2.9 3.0 10.0
Toronto, Ontario 100.0 53.0 47.9 5.2 9.5 18.1 4.3 3.9 11.2
Hamilton, Ontario 100.0 55.0 47.7 7.2 9.3 16.1 2.7 2.8 14.1
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario 100.0 55.0 47.2 7.8 9.6 14.5 2.4 3.2 15.3
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario 100.0 57.6 49.4 8.1 8.7 15.4 2.7 3.7 12.0
Brantford, Ontario 100.0 56.2 46.6 9.6 10.4 15.1 2.4 2.7 13.2
Guelph, Ontario 100.0 57.1 48.4 8.7 8.0 14.0 2.7 4.8 13.4
London, Ontario 100.0 54.3 46.0 8.3 9.1 14.1 2.4 4.1 16.0
Windsor, Ontario 100.0 54.0 47.8 6.2 10.5 16.2 2.6 2.6 14.2
Barrie, Ontario 100.0 57.2 47.1 10.1 9.5 15.9 3.0 4.1 10.4
Greater Sudbury, Ontario 100.0 57.2 46.1 11.1 9.0 13.1 2.1 3.3 15.4
Thunder Bay, Ontario 100.0 54.0 44.9 9.1 9.6 14.1 2.1 3.0 17.1
Winnipeg, Manitoba 100.0 53.4 45.7 7.7 9.3 14.9 3.3 3.4 15.8
Regina, Saskatchewan 100.0 54.3 46.2 8.1 9.6 13.2 2.7 4.3 15.9
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 100.0 54.5 46.6 8.0 8.5 12.8 3.0 6.2 15.0
Calgary, Alberta 100.0 57.8 49.4 8.4 7.4 13.8 3.1 5.7 12.3
Edmonton, Alberta 100.0 56.6 47.8 8.8 8.3 13.9 3.2 5.3 12.7
Kelowna, British Columbia 100.0 57.8 48.8 9.0 7.5 11.2 2.4 5.8 15.3
Abbotsford-Mission, British Columbia 100.0 58.6 52.2 6.4 8.2 15.0 3.7 3.6 10.9
Vancouver, British Columbia 100.0 53.8 47.0 6.7 7.9 15.8 3.9 4.9 13.7
Victoria, British Columbia 100.0 53.2 43.3 9.9 7.6 10.5 2.5 6.6 19.6
Rural status
Rural area 100.0 66.5 52.2 14.3 6.3 13.7 2.1 2.1 9.2
Not rural area 100.0 53.9 43.4 10.5 9.1 14.3 3.1 4.2 15.4
Note 1.

Non-relatives may be present.

Return to note 1 referrer

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011.
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