More one-person households than couple households with children

In 2011, for the first time, one-person households—accounting for 27.6% of all households—outnumbered couple households with children (26.5%).
In recent years, the proportion of couple households with children aged 24 and under has declined. In 2001, these households accounted for 30.5% of all Canadian households, the largest share. By contrast, in 2006, there were more couple households without children (29.0% of all household types) than couple households with children (28.5%).
Between 2006 and 2011, the gap widened between the number of couple households without children and those with children, with these two types of households accounting respectively for 29.5% and 26.5% of households in 2011.
During the same period, the number of couple households with children declined 0.5%, the only type of household to post a decrease. This decrease is due in part to the aging of the baby-boom generation, as many of their children have reached adulthood and left the parental home.

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