Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 3,612,205
2 persons: 1,686,655
Here:

46.7%
State:

49.8%
3 persons: 812,960
Here:

22.5%
State:

21.8%
4 persons: 783,500
Here:

21.7%
State:

19.9%
5 or more persons: 329,085
Here:

9.1%
State:

8.4%

This province Family Size

Married couples: 2,612,895
Here:

86.9%
State:

80.1%
Common-law couples: 394,670
Here:

13.1%
State:

19.9%
Female lone parent: 486,470
Here:

80.5%
State:

78.6%
Male lone parent: 118,175
Here:

19.5%
State:

21.4%

Family types in this province

Children in Families

Total children in families: 4,083,925
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 839,960
Here:

20.6%
State:

22.2%
6 to 14 years: 1,323,750
Here:

32.4%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 496,005
Here:

12.1%
State:

12.4%
18 to 24 years: 888,985
Here:

21.8%
State:

20.7%
25 years and over: 535,230
Here:

13.1%
State:

11.3%

Age of children in families in Ontario

Number of children - Married couples

Number of children - Common-law couples

Number of children - Female lone parent

Number of children - Male lone parent

Households characteristics

Average number of persons per family
Here:

3.0
State:

2.9

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 12,655,130
Male:

6,179,005
Female:

6,476,125
Living with relatives
Total: 295,100
Here:

2.3%
Canada:

2.2%
Male: 113,180
Here:

1.8%
Canada:

1.9%
Female: 181,925
This province:

2.8%
Canada:

2.6%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 425,360
Here:

3.4%
Country:

3.7%
Male: 233,900
Here:

3.8%
Canada:

4.3%
Female: 191,465
Here:

3.0%
Country:

3.2%
Living alone
Total: 1,230,980
Here:

9.7%
Canada:

11.2%
Male: 542,525
This province:

8.8%
Canada:

10.4%
Female: 688,455
This province:

10.6%
Country:

11.9%
Living with census family
Total: 10,703,690
Here:

84.6%
Canada:

82.9%
Male: 5,289,410
Here:

85.6%
Canada:

83.4%
Female: 5,414,280
Here:

83.6%
Country:

82.3%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 1,752,725
Male:

796,110
Female:

956,615
Living with relatives
Total: 105,130
Here:

6.0%
Canada:

4.9%
Male: 22,345
This province:

2.8%
Canada:

2.5%
Female: 82,785
This province:

8.7%
Country:

7.0%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 30,835
Here:

1.8%
Country:

1.9%
Male: 14,715
This province:

1.8%
Canada:

2.0%
Female: 16,125
Here:

1.7%
Canada:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 427,640
This province:

24.4%
Country:

26.7%
Male: 118,350
This province:

14.9%
Canada:

16.9%
Female: 309,290
Here:

32.3%
Canada:

35.0%
Living with census family
Total: 1,189,120
Here:

67.8%
Canada:

66.4%
Male: 640,705
This province:

80.5%
Canada:

78.6%
Female: 548,415
Here:

57.3%
Canada:

56.2%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,171,505
Here:

24.0%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 1,471,175
Here:

30.1%
State:

27.6%
Lone-parent-family households: 460,840
Here:

9.4%
State:

9.0%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 52,945
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 114,920
Here:

2.4%
State:

1.8%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 74,985
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 128,660
Here:

2.6%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 1,230,980
Here:

25.2%
State:

27.6%
Two-or-more-person households: 181,500
Here:

3.7%
State:

4.1%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.6
State:

2.5
1 person: 1,230,975
Here:

25.2%
State:

27.6%
2 persons: 1,584,415
Here:

32.4%
State:

34.1%
3 persons: 803,030
Here:

16.4%
State:

15.6%
4 persons: 783,925
Here:

16.0%
State:

14.3%
5 persons: 310,860
Here:

6.4%
State:

5.4%
6 or more persons: 174,305
Here:

3.6%
State:

2.9%

Households sizes in Ontario


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Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007 and Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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