Canadian households in 2011 : Ménages canadiens en 2011 : genre et croissance: familles, ménages et état matrimonial, Recensement de la population de 2011

Gap widens between households comprised of couples without children and couples with children In 2001, the percentage of households comprised of couples with children (30.5%) exceeded those comprised of couples without children (28.0%).2 For the first time in 2006, there were more households comprised of couples without children (29.0%) than households comprised of couples with children (28.5%). [...] The proportions in the United States (26.7% in 2010)6 and the United Kingdom (29.4% in 2011)7 were similar to that in Canada. [...] The census metropolitan area of Victoria, British Columbia, was also high, at 33.5%, with its central municipality9 having the highest proportion of one-person households among all of the municipalities of 5,000 population or more in Canada (49.0%). [...] Additionally, in British Columbia, the municipalities of Surrey (7.6%) and Abbotsford (6.1%) had percentages of multiple-family households that were among the highest in the country. [...] The larger share of these households may reflect higher proportions of immigrants in these areas relative to elsewhere in Canada.13 The proportion of 'other' households rose from 3.7% in 2001 to 4.1% in 2011.