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| Economic family seniors | Percent change 1980 to 2000 |
Unattached seniors | Percent change 1980 to 2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | |||
| percent | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
Canadian-born |
9.7 | 8.0 | 4.8 | -50 | 53.9 | 39.1 | 38.5 | -29 |
More than 20 years |
11.1 | 10.0 | 8.1 | -27 | 60.8 | 43.4 | 43.3 | -29 |
20 years or less |
19.7 | 23.1 | 17.4 | -11 | 73.9 | 66.4 | 66.8 | -10 |
| Males | ||||||||
Canadian-born |
10.1 | 7.9 | 4.6 | -54 | 47.8 | 32.1 | 29.8 | -38 |
More than 20 years |
11.6 | 10.2 | 8.1 | -30 | 50.9 | 34.5 | 33.7 | -34 |
20 years or less |
23.1 | 26.3 | 19.3 | -17 | 60.0 | 57.1 | 57.2 | -5 |
| Females | ||||||||
Canadian-born |
9.2 | 8.0 | 5.1 | -45 | 55.8 | 41.4 | 41.6 | -25 |
More than 20 years |
10.5 | 9.7 | 8.1 | -23 | 64.5 | 46.7 | 47.1 | -27 |
20 years or less |
17.3 | 20.7 | 15.9 | -8 | 77.0 | 68.9 | 69.8 | -9 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Canada, 1981, 1991 and 2001. | ||||||||