Living arrangements of seniors : Situation des personnes âgées dans les ménages : familles, ménages et état matrimonial, type de construction résidentielle et logements collectifs, Recensement de la population de 2011

Of these individuals, 92.1% lived in private households or dwellings (as part of couples, alone or with others) while 7.9% lived in collective dwellings, such as residences for senior citizens or health care and related facilities.1 These proportions were relatively unchanged from 2001 when 92.6% of the senior population lived in private households and 7.4% lived in collective dwellings. [...] The proportions of seniors in these living arrangements however, are presented as a share of the combined senior population in private households and collectives. [...] In contrast, men in their nineties were more likely to be living in a couple (33.2%) than were women in the same age group (4.3%). [...] In the age group 65 to 74, the proportions for men and women living alone in a residence for senior citizens were similar (82.5% for women and 81.3% for men). [...] Table 1 Distribution (in percentage) of living arrangements of the population aged 65 and over living in residences for senior citizens, by age group and sex, Canada, 2011 Living Living in Living with Age group Sex alone a couple1 others2 percentage 65 years and over Total 83.9 15.0 1.1.