Families characteristics
Number of census families: 2,203,630
5 or more persons: 164,680
Married couples: 1,143,365
Common-law couples: 694,750
Female lone parent: 277,930
Children in Families
Total children in families: 2,201,800
Average number of children at home
Under six years of age: 520,710
25 years and over: 219,980
Age of children in families in this province
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: 7,732,835
Male: | 3,812,190 |
Female: | 3,920,640 |
Living with relatives
Female: 81,615This province: | 2.1% |
Canada: | 2.6% |
Living with non-relatives onlyTotal: 249,085This province: | 3.2% |
Country: | 3.7% |
Female: 107,785This province: | 2.7% |
Country: | 3.2% |
Living aloneTotal: 1,094,410This province: | 14.2% |
Canada: | 11.2% |
Male: 511,640This province: | 13.4% |
Country: | 10.4% |
Living with census familyTotal: 6,243,545This province: | 80.7% |
Canada: | 82.9% |
Male: 3,095,075This province: | 81.2% |
Canada: | 83.4% |
Female: 3,148,470This province: | 80.3% |
Canada: | 82.3% |
Persons in private households
Persons over 65 years in private households
Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 1,128,815
Male: | 510,045 |
Female: | 618,775 |
Living with relatives
Female: 33,680This province: | 5.4% |
Canada: | 7.0% |
Living with non-relatives only
Male: 11,985This province: | 2.3% |
Canada: | 2.0% |
Female: 12,950This province: | 2.1% |
Country: | 1.8% |
Living alone
Female: 241,965This province: | 39.1% |
Canada: | 35.0% |
Living with census family
Persons over 65 years in private households
Households types
One-family households without children: 880,690
One-family households with children: 857,590
Lone-parent-family households: 312,555
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 27,410
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 33,840
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 33,750
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 28,420
One-person households: 1,094,410
Two-or-more-person households: 126,680
Households size
Average number of persons in private households
6 or more persons: 59,920
Households sizes in Quebec
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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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