Common menu bar links

Page content follows

Table 15-1
Selected family types, Canada — Number of families

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.

PDF | Symbols | Next | Previous

Number of families
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	estimates in thousands
Economic families, two persons or more	8,206	8,283	8,373	8,466	8,584	8,667	8,766	8,891	8,983	9,067
Elderly families	1,150	1,177	1,181	1,185	1,200	1,247	1,302	1,309	1,363	1,370
Married couples	891	922	926	941	946	986	1,033	1,029	1,065	1,065
Other families	259	255	256	244	253	262	269	279	298	305
Non-elderly families	7,056	7,106	7,191	7,281	7,384	7,420	7,464	7,582	7,619	7,698
Married couples	1,767	1,809	1,871	1,942	2,024	2,042	2,086	2,127	2,169	2,228
No earners	179	198	169	173	178	159	159	173	154	143
One earner	460	437	446	456	474	484	485	507	521	507
Two earners	1,128	1,174	1,256	1,313	1,372	1,399	1,442	1,446	1,494	1,577
Two-parent families with children	3,015	3,046	3,050	3,012	3,000	2,986	2,953	2,956	2,935	2,897
No earners	88	67	64	64	53	51	43 ^E	52	44 ^E	29 ^E
One earner	522	526	514	477	489	450	442	479	426	416
Two earners	1,881	1,876	1,889	1,896	1,852	1,892	1,867	1,823	1,854	1,843
Three or more earners	525	576	583	575	606	593	601	602	611	609
Married couples with other relatives	845	848	876	889	898	935	945	959	961	972
Lone-parent families	694	683	679	666	676	661	672	711	705	698
Male	105	106	114	115	128	122	122	130	131	127
Female	589	577	564	551	548	540	550	581	574	571
No earners	157	145	114	111	117	98	93	92	97	95
One earner	360	345	355	342	324	349	360	363	337	334
Two or more earners	73	87	96	98	107	93	96	126	140	143
Other non-elderly families	734	721	716	773	786	796	809	829	849	904
Unattached individuals	3,927	4,004	4,093	4,185	4,275	4,366	4,461	4,569	4,670	4,769
Elderly males	275	272	290	300	315	315	315	303	321	339
Non-earner	237	236	245	257	256	245	250	242	252	265
Earner	39	35	44	43	59	70	65	61	69	75
Elderly females	779	794	793	791	830	818	810	822	834	863
Non-earner	728	745	742	735	769	732	727	740	749	763
Earner	51	48	51	55	62	86	84	82	85	101
Non-elderly males	1,674	1,724	1,728	1,792	1,816	1,871	1,959	2,001	2,029	2,069
Non-earner	350	295	272	288	311	326	317	358	297	329
Earner	1,325	1,429	1,456	1,505	1,505	1,545	1,642	1,642	1,733	1,740
Non-elderly females	1,199	1,215	1,282	1,302	1,314	1,362	1,376	1,443	1,485	1,498
Non-elderly females, non-earner	345	323	323	326	309	307	319	302	308	316
Earner	854	892	959	976	1,006	1,055	1,057	1,141	1,177	1,182

Common menu bar links

Table 15-1Selected family types, Canada — Number of families

Archived Content

Table 15-1
Selected family types, Canada — Number of families