Table A2
Selected characteristics of men aged 15 and over by age group and living arrangement, 2016


Table A2
Selected characteristics of men aged 15 and over by age group and living arrangement, 2016

Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of men aged 15 and over by age group and living arrangement Age group and living arrangement, 15 and over, 20 to 34, 35 to 64, 65 and over, Men living alone and Men living with others, calculated using number (thousands) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group and living arrangement
15 and over 20 to 34 35 to 64 65 and over
Men living alone Men living with others Men living alone Men living with others Men living alone Men living with others Men living alone Men living with others
number (thousands)
Selected characteristics
Number 1,839 12,152 392 3,005 993 6,019 445 2,106
Marital status percent
Never married 56.8 37.8 93.8 76.7 58.2 19.9 20.3 3.3
Married 2.5 54.0 1.8 21.7 2.5 68.6 3.2 84.5
Separated or divorced 30.4 7.1 4.0 1.5 36.3 10.8 41.4 7.9
Widowed 10.2 1.1 0.4 0.1 3.0 0.7 35.1 4.3
Geography
Living in rural areas 18.1 19.7 10.8 14.9 18.8 20.6 23.1 24.0
Living in urban areas 81.9 80.3 89.2 85.1 81.2 79.4 76.9 76.0
Education
No certificate, diploma or degree 18.8 19.1 9.3 10.7 17.0 13.2 30.9 26.1
High school diploma 24.8 26.6 26.3 34.0 25.6 23.6 21.2 21.4
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 15.7 13.3 14.1 12.0 16.2 15.0 16.1 16.0
Either college or university qualification 40.7 41.0 50.2 43.2 41.2 48.1 31.9 36.4
Labour force participation rate 63.9 70.4 88.6 85.4 75.8 85.1 16.2 20.6
Housing
Monthly shelter costs considered unaffordableTable A2 Note 1
39.0 15.3 44.8 21.8 38.1 15.1 35.2 11.7
Owns homeTable A2 Note 2 – Total 48.3 79.7 35.0 53.3 49.2 82.7 58.7 87.3
Owns condominium (homeowners only) 22.1 8.6 35.8 14.1 21.0 6.7 16.9 11.2
Resides in condominium (regardless of tenure) 17.4 9.5 25.2 12.0 15.9 8.0 13.6 11.5
Note 1

For this characteristic, "alone" refers to one-person households. "With others" refers to other household types with a primary household maintainer whose age falls within the respective age group.

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Note 2

A household is considered to own their dwelling if a member of the household owns the dwelling even if it is not fully paid for (for example, if there is a mortgage or some other claim on it).

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Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2016.
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