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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada

Table 1.8
Selected characteristics associated with residential mobility among non-institutionalized seniors, Canada, 2001
  Non-institutionalized seniors who changed addresses in past five years
Persons aged
65 and over 65 to 74 75 to 84 85 and over
percent
Total 19.2 20.0 18.0 18.2
Women
19.7 20.3 19.0 18.7
Men
18.5 19.6 16.6 17.3
Current marital status
Married or common-law
16.4 17.1 15.0 15.3
Never married
20.1 21.7 18.2 17.4
Separated or divorced
31.2 33.2 25.8 26.6
Widowed
21.8 24.2 20.8 19.3
Health status
No activity limitation
18.1 18.9 16.2 15.8
Sometimes limited
19.3 21.0 17.9 17.0
Often limited
22.2 23.5 21.5 20.6
Current housing tenure
Owned
13.7 14.7 12.2 12.4
Rented
35.9 39.9 33.1 28.4
Current housing type and tenure
Owned - single detached
10.5 11.5 8.6 10.2
Rented - single detached
30.9 35.0 26.1 21.2
Owned - detached duplex-row house
24.4 25.8 22.6 18.3
Rented - detached duplex-row house
37.7 40.7 35.3 30.8
Owned - apartment
25.4 26.9 24.4 20.1
Rented - apartment
36.4 40.6 33.6 28.8
Owned - mobile
23.2 24.8 21.0 16.0
Rented - mobile
46.1 49.0 41.5 36.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.