Families characteristics
Number of census families: 3,612,205
5 or more persons: 329,085
This province Family Size
Married couples: 2,612,895
Common-law couples: 394,670
Female lone parent: 486,470
Male lone parent: 118,175
Family types in this province
Children in Families
Total children in families: 4,083,925
Average number of children at home
Under six years of age: 839,960
25 years and over: 535,230
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
Persons in private households
Number of persons in private households: 12,655,130
Male: | 6,179,005 |
Female: | 6,476,125 |
Living with relatives
Female: 181,925This province: | 2.8% |
Canada: | 2.6% |
Living with non-relatives only
Living alone
Male: 542,525This province: | 8.8% |
Canada: | 10.4% |
Female: 688,455This province: | 10.6% |
Country: | 11.9% |
Living with census family
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
Male: 22,345This province: | 2.8% |
Canada: | 2.5% |
Female: 82,785This province: | 8.7% |
Country: | 7.0% |
Living with non-relatives only
Male: 14,715This province: | 1.8% |
Canada: | 2.0% |
Living aloneTotal: 427,640This province: | 24.4% |
Country: | 26.7% |
Male: 118,350This province: | 14.9% |
Canada: | 16.9% |
Living with census family
Male: 640,705This province: | 80.5% |
Canada: | 78.6% |
Persons over 65 years in private households
Households types
One-family households without children: 1,171,505
One-family households with children: 1,471,175
Lone-parent-family households: 460,840
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 52,945
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 114,920
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 74,985
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 128,660
One-person households: 1,230,980
Two-or-more-person households: 181,500
Households size
Average number of persons in private households
6 or more persons: 174,305
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.
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