Canso - Town, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 250
2 persons: 155
Here:

62.0%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 50
Here:

20.0%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 30
Here:

12.0%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 10
Here:

4.0%
State:

6.1%

This town Family Size

Married couples: 170
Here:

85.0%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 30
Here:

15.0%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 35
Here:

77.8%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 10
Here:

22.2%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Canso

Children in Families

Total children in families: 195
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 35
Here:

17.9%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 80
Here:

41.0%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 30
Here:

15.4%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 25
Here:

12.8%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 25
Here:

12.8%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this town

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:

2.6
State:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 785
Male:

375
Female:

415
Living with relatives
Total: 20
Here:

2.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 10
This town:

2.7%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 5
This town:

1.2%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 20
Here:

2.5%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 10
This town:

2.7%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 10
Here:

2.4%
Nova Scotia:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 100
This town:

12.7%
Nova Scotia:

12.0%
Male: 50
This town:

13.3%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 55
This town:

13.3%
Province:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 650
Here:

82.8%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 305
This town:

81.3%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 340
Here:

81.9%
Province:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 150
Male:

70
Female:

75
Living with relatives
Total: 5
Here:

3.3%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 5
This town:

7.1%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 5
This town:

6.7%
Nova Scotia:

5.9%
Living alone
Total: 45
This town:

30.0%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 15
Here:

21.4%
Nova Scotia:

17.7%
Female: 25
Here:

33.3%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 95
Here:

63.3%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 55
Here:

78.6%
Nova Scotia:

78.0%
Female: 45
Here:

60.0%
Province:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 115
Here:

32.4%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 70
Here:

19.7%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 35
Here:

9.9%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 5
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 5
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 5
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 10
Here:

2.8%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 100
Here:

28.2%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 10
Here:

2.8%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.3
1 person: 100
Here:

28.2%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 150
Here:

42.3%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 55
Here:

15.5%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 35
Here:

9.9%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 10
Here:

2.8%
State:

4.1%

Households sizes in this town


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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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