Table 4.4
Sense of belonging to Canada, province and local community, by age group and sex, Ontario, 2008

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Age group Both sexes Male Female
('000) % ('000) % ('000) %
Total all age groups 10,580 100.0 5,191 100.0 5,389 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 6,926 65.5 3,415 65.8 3,511 65.2
Somewhat strong 2,685 25.4 1,261 24.3 1,424 26.4
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 690 6.5 359 6.9 331 6.1
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 3,414 32.3 1,596 30.7 1,818 33.7
Somewhat strong 4,909 46.4 2,425 46.7 2,485 46.1
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 1,923 18.2 984 19.0 939 17.4
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 2,118 20.0 1,032 19.9 1,086 20.2
Somewhat strong 5,353 50.6 2,572 49.5 2,781 51.6
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 2,793 26.4 1,412 27.2 1,381 25.6
15 to 24 1,749 100.0 892 100.0 857 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 936 53.5 513 57.5 423 49.4
Somewhat strong 576 32.9 251 28.1 325 37.9
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 193 11.0 92E 10.3E 101 11.8
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 383 21.9 215 24.1 167 19.5
Somewhat strong 916 52.4 451 50.6 465 54.3
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 408 23.3 190 21.3 218 25.4
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 217 12.4 103 11.5 114 13.3
Somewhat strong 899 51.4 437 49.0 462 53.9
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 597 34.1 316 35.4 281 32.8
25 to 54 5,737 100.0 2,852 100.0 2,886 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 3,570 62.2 1,799 63.1 1,771 61.4
Somewhat strong 1,612 28.1 762 26.7 851 29.5
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 389 6.8 210 7.4 180 6.2
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 1,667 29.1 794 27.8 873 30.2
Somewhat strong 2,728 47.6 1,340 47.0 1,388 48.1
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 1,151 20.1 620 21.7 531 18.4
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 1,020 17.8 514 18.0 506 17.5
Somewhat strong 2,955 51.5 1,427 50.0 1,528 52.9
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 1,569 27.3 809 28.4 759 26.3
55 and over 3,094 100.0 1,447 100.0 1,647 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 2,420 78.2 1,104 76.3 1,316 79.9
Somewhat strong 496 16.0 248 17.1 248 15.1
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 107 3.5 57E 3.9E 50E 3.0E
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 1,364 44.1 586 40.5 778 47.2
Somewhat strong 1,265 40.9 634 43.8 631 38.3
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 364 11.8 174 12.0 190 11.5
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 881 28.5 415 28.7 466 28.3
Somewhat strong 1,499 48.4 708 48.9 791 48.0
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 628 20.3 287 19.8 341 20.7
Note(s):
The sum of the values for each category will differ from the total due to rounding.
Values for "Don't know" and "Not stated" are included in the total but are not shown separately.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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