2021 Census Adult Education Kit—Stand-alone activity—Profiles of Canadians

I am a single man and I am 30 years old. I do not have any children.

My parents and my sister do not live with me, but they live nearby.

I live in an apartment with a roommate.

I have a master's degree in business, and I speak English and French fluently.

I have a good job at a large company, but sometimes my parents give me money.

Keywords

roommate: a person who shares a room, apartment or home with another person.

single man/woman: a person who is not married, has no common-law partner and is not in a committed relationship.

to speak fluently: to speak comfortably about many different topics so that listeners usually understand.

My husband passed away a few years ago, and my children are all grown.

I live by myself in a small town because big cities are too crowded.

We immigrated to Canada when our oldest child was a baby.

I worked very hard to learn English.

I completed high school in my home country.

My husband and I both worked at a factory for many years.

I am retired now.

Keywords

to immigrate: to enter or settle in a country or region that is different from where you were born.

to pass away: to die.

to retire: to leave a job and stop working at a certain age.

I am a divorced lone parent in my late 40s.

I have one child living at home and one child who lives on his own.

My daughter and I share a rented house in Montréal with my sister.

My sister is also divorced, and she does not have any children.

I have a degree in computer science and run an IT business.

I speak mostly French, but my grandparents were immigrants, so I know a little of their first language as well.

Keywords

to divorce: to legally end a marriage.

lone parent: one parent who cares for a child without the help of another parent.

to rent: to pay to use property or land.

to run a business: to own or manage a business.

My partner and I are a common-law couple with 4-year-old twins.

We live in the country and keep honey bees and run a produce farm.

It has been our family business for many years. We both work part-time jobs as well.

I work in a local market, and my partner does snow removal and landscaping.

We all speak English.

Keywords

common-law couple: two people who live together as a couple but who are not married, regardless of the duration of the relationship.

produce farm: a farm that produces fruit and/or vegetables.

part-time job: a job where you work less than 30 hours each week.

My wife and I retired a few years ago.

I was a teacher, and my wife was a dentist.

We own a home in the suburbs, and my adult stepson is living with us.

He is completing his university education.

My wife takes art history courses online for fun. I volunteer with a local charity.

My wife grew up in Quebec and is bilingual. I usually speak English at home.

I speak Mandarin with my parents when they visit.

Keywords

bilingual: speaks two languages.

suburbs: a place where people live that is outside the city, but not in the country.

to retire: to leave a job and stop working at a certain age.

volunteer: a person who does something without being asked or without pay.

My family and I live in Northern Alberta as part of a Cree First Nations community.

My husband is a truck driver for a local company.

I am going back to school for a diploma in health care. We are both in our mid-20s, and we have two young children.

Our son is in elementary school.

We both speak English and a little bit of Cree.

Keywords

Cree: an Indigenous language spoken by First Nations people of Cree descent.

First Nations: Indigenous peoples in Canada who are not Inuit or Métis. There are over 600 of these communities across Canada, each with different languages, traditions and cultures.

diploma: a document from a school, college or university that shows that a person has successfully completed a program of study.

mid-20s: 24 to 26 years old.

I am 18 and will soon move out of my parents' house into my own apartment.

I have a part-time job in the performing arts. I will go back to school part time in the fall.

My parents are both in their mid-40s. They speak fluent English. They immigrated before I was born.

My grandparents have just moved to Canada and into our house. Neither of them speaks any English, so they need some help.

Keywords

mid-40s: 44 to 46 years old.

to immigrate: to enter or settle in a country or region that is different from where you were born.

to speak fluently: to speak comfortably about many different topics so that listeners usually understand.

I am a single man and I am 30 years old. I do not have any children.

My parents and my sister do not live with me, but they live nearby.

I live in an apartment with a roommate.

I have a master's degree in business, and I speak English and French fluently.

I have a good job at a large company, but sometimes my parents give me money.

Keywords

There are no keywords.

My husband passed away a few years ago, and my children are all grown.

I live by myself in a small town because big cities are too crowded.

We immigrated to Canada when our oldest child was a baby.

I worked very hard to learn English.

I completed high school in my home country.

My husband and I both worked at a factory for many years.

I am retired now.

Keywords

There are no keywords.

I am a divorced lone parent in my late 40s.

I have one child living at home and one child who lives on his own.

My daughter and I share a rented house in Montréal with my sister.

My sister is also divorced, and she does not have any children.

I have a degree in computer science and run an IT business.

I speak mostly French, but my grandparents were immigrants, so I know a little of their first language as well.

Keywords

There are no keywords.

My partner and I are a common-law couple with 4-year-old twins.

We live in the country and keep honey bees and run a produce farm.

It has been our family business for many years. We both work part-time jobs as well.

I work in a local market, and my partner does snow removal and landscaping.

We all speak English.

Keywords

There are no keywords.

My wife and I retired a few years ago.

I was a teacher, and my wife was a dentist.

We own a home in the suburbs, and my adult stepson is living with us.

He is completing his university education.

My wife takes art history courses online for fun. I volunteer with a local charity.

My wife grew up in Quebec and is bilingual. I usually speak English at home.

I speak Mandarin with my parents when they visit.

Keywords

There are no keywords.

My family and I live in Northern Alberta as part of a Cree First Nations community.

My husband is a truck driver for a local company.

I am going back to school for a diploma in health care. We are both in our mid-20s, and we have two young children.

Our son is in elementary school.

We both speak English and a little bit of Cree.

Keywords

There are no keywords.

I am 18 and will soon move out of my parents' house into my own apartment.

I have a part-time job in the performing arts. I will go back to school part time in the fall.

My parents are both in their mid-40s. They speak fluent English. They immigrated before I was born.

My grandparents have just moved to Canada and into our house. Neither of them speaks any English, so they need some help.

Keywords

There are no keywords.