Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 41,925
2 persons: 22,660
Here:

54.0%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 8,885
Here:

21.2%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 7,445
Here:

17.8%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 2,940
Here:

7.0%
State:

9.1%

This division Family Size

Married couples: 28,275
Here:

82.2%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 6,105
Here:

17.8%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 5,820
Here:

77.1%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 1,725
Here:

22.9%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Thunder Bay

Children in Families

Total children in families: 41,055
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 8,215
Here:

20.0%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 13,350
Here:

32.5%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 5,325
Here:

13.0%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 9,180
Here:

22.4%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 4,980
Here:

12.1%
State:

13.1%

Age of children in families in Thunder Bay

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:

2.8
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 143,430
Male:

70,680
Female:

72,745
Living with relatives
Total: 2,820
This division:

2.0%
Ontario:

2.3%
Male: 1,330
Here:

1.9%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 1,490
This division:

2.0%
Province:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 4,110
This division:

2.9%
Ontario:

3.4%
Male: 2,385
Here:

3.4%
Province:

3.8%
Female: 1,730
Here:

2.4%
Ontario:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 19,145
This division:

13.3%
Ontario:

9.7%
Male: 9,015
Here:

12.8%
Province:

8.8%
Female: 10,135
Here:

13.9%
Ontario:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 117,355
Here:

81.8%
Province:

84.6%
Male: 57,960
This division:

82.0%
Province:

85.6%
Female: 59,395
Here:

81.6%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 22,750
Male:

10,475
Female:

12,275
Living with relatives
Total: 665
This division:

2.9%
Province:

6.0%
Male: 210
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 455
This division:

3.7%
Province:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 345
This division:

1.5%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 185
This division:

1.8%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 160
Here:

1.3%
Province:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 6,850
Here:

30.1%
Province:

24.4%
Male: 2,075
This division:

19.8%
Province:

14.9%
Female: 4,775
This division:

38.9%
Province:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 14,890
Here:

65.5%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 8,010
This division:

76.5%
Ontario:

80.5%
Female: 6,880
Here:

56.0%
Province:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 16,935
Here:

27.2%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 15,400
Here:

24.7%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 6,145
Here:

9.9%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 540
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 620
Here:

1.0%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 800
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 730
Here:

1.2%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 19,140
Here:

30.7%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,000
Here:

3.2%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.6
1 person: 19,140
Here:

30.7%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 22,290
Here:

35.8%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 9,260
Here:

14.9%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 7,830
Here:

12.6%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 2,675
Here:

4.3%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 1,115
Here:

1.8%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in this division





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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