Table A.2
Distribution of the total population aged 45 and over in private households and the population who were grandparents in shared homes with grandchildren by composition of the middle generation, 2011

Table A.2 Distribution of the total population aged 45 and over in private households and the population who were grandparents in shared homes with grandchildren by composition of the middle generation, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table A.2 Distribution of the total population aged 45 and over in private households and the population who were grandparents in shared homes with grandchildren by composition of the middle generation Total population, Total co-residing grandparents, In a multigenerational household, In a skip-generation household, Total , Couple, Lone parent and Other, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Total population Total co-residing grandparents In a multigenerational household In a skip-generation household
Total Couple Lone parent Other
percentage
Sex 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Men 47.9 37.5 37.3 36.2 38.9 41.3 38.4
Women 52.1 62.5 62.7 63.8 61.1 58.7 61.6
Age group 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
45 to 49 18.7 5.3 5.5 2.2 10.1 13.1 4.0
50 to 54 18.6 9.8 9.8 5.9 15.6 17.0 10.0
55 to 59 16.3 13.6 13.6 11.3 17.0 17.6 14.0
60 to 64 14.3 17.3 17.2 17.4 17.0 15.5 18.4
65 to 69 10.6 15.8 15.6 17.5 12.9 10.8 17.2
70 to 74 7.9 13.8 13.6 16.2 10.0 7.8 14.8
75 to 79 6.2 11.1 11.2 13.4 7.9 8.1 10.7
80 and over 7.4 13.2 13.5 16.1 9.5 10.0 11.0
Marital status 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
In a couple 69.6 61.6 60.7 57.0 66.2 67.4 67.7
Legally married (and not separated) 61.2 58.6 58.2 56.1 61.5 60.8 60.9
Common law 8.4 3.0 2.5 0.9 4.8 6.6 6.8
Not in a couple 30.4 38.4 39.3 43.0 33.8 32.6 32.3
Never legally married 8.5 2.5 2.4 1.8 3.4 4.2 3.4
Divorced or separated 12.6 11.3 11.4 10.5 13.0 10.2 10.7
Widowed 9.3 24.5 25.4 30.7 17.3 18.2 18.3
Province/territory 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.1 2.4 1.8 2.6
Prince Edward Island 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.5
Nova Scotia 3.1 2.5 2.2 1.4 3.4 2.3 4.7
New Brunswick 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.1 2.8 1.4 3.6
Quebec 24.5 11.7 11.7 10.5 13.9 11.1 11.7
Ontario 38.2 48.2 49.9 53.1 45.3 40.8 36.6
Manitoba 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.1 4.4 5.7 5.5
Saskatchewan 2.9 2.5 2.0 0.9 3.6 5.5 5.9
Alberta 9.4 9.3 8.9 8.5 9.5 11.0 11.9
British Columbia 13.8 17.9 18.1 21.0 13.4 18.2 16.1
Yukon 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Northwest Territories 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4
Nunavut 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.3 0.4
Aboriginal identity 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Aboriginal identity 2.7 7.1 5.9 2.3 10.8 18.6 15.6
First NationsNote 1 1.5 5.3 4.4 1.6 8.0 14.9 12.0
MétisNote 1 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.4 2.0 1.6 2.8
InuitNote 1 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.9 0.7
Other Aboriginal identityNote 2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Non-Aboriginal identity 97.3 92.9 94.1 97.7 89.2 81.4 84.4
Immigrant status 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-immigrants 73.4 45.4 40.6 28.0 60.6 49.9 78.8
Immigrants 26.3 53.9 58.6 71.0 39.0 49.4 20.9
Period of immigration              
between 2006 and 2011 1.5 7.5 8.5 12.2 2.9 4.1 0.7
before 2006 24.8 46.3 50.0 58.8 36.0 45.3 20.2
Age at immigration              
less than 45 22.0 22.7 23.7 23.0 24.9 22.6 15.6
45 to 54 2.5 11.2 12.5 16.2 6.4 13.8 2.4
55 to 64 1.2 12.8 14.4 20.4 5.0 9.0 1.8
65 and over 0.6 7.1 8.0 11.4 2.7 4.0 1.1
Non-permanent residents 0.3 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.3
Language spoken most often at home 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Official 86.7 57.6 53.4 40.9 73.6 57.2 87.3
English 64.3 49.2 45.3 34.4 62.8 51.0 76.7
French 22.2 8.3 8.0 6.4 10.7 6.0 10.2
English and French 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4
Official and non-official 1.8 3.4 3.7 4.3 2.8 3.1 1.4
Non-official 11.5 38.9 42.8 54.8 23.5 39.7 11.3
Italian 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.7
Portuguese 0.5 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.5
German 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2
Spanish 0.6 1.6 1.7 1.5 2.0 1.4 0.6
Mandarin 0.5 1.7 1.9 2.6 0.9 1.2 0.2
Cantonese 1.3 3.9 4.4 5.6 2.3 4.0 0.8
Chinese, n.o.s.Note 3 1.0 3.0 3.3 4.4 1.7 2.2 0.9
Panjabi (Punjabi) 0.9 9.3 10.5 15.7 2.1 9.9 0.9
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0.6 2.0 2.2 2.7 1.5 1.8 0.6
Arabic 0.4 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.1
Other 4.7 14.0 15.2 18.1 10.2 17.8 5.7
Religion 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Buddhist 1.2 3.3 3.6 4.4 2.5 3.4 0.7
Christian 76.1 60.3 57.6 48.6 72.4 56.6 79.0
Hindu 1.1 4.7 5.3 7.5 1.6 5.2 0.5
Jewish 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3
Muslim 1.7 4.3 4.9 6.1 2.7 6.4 0.7
Sikh 1.0 9.1 10.3 15.3 2.2 9.3 1.0
Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.8 2.3 1.3
Other religions 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2
No religious affiliation 17.4 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.2 16.3 16.5
Visible minority status 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Visible minority 13.7 41.4 45.8 57.6 26.9 42.1 10.5
South Asian 3.3 17.3 19.5 28.1 5.5 18.3 1.9
Chinese 3.7 9.2 10.2 13.4 5.3 7.6 2.1
Black 1.8 3.6 3.6 2.0 6.2 4.1 3.3
Filipino 1.3 4.0 4.4 5.2 3.2 3.5 1.1
Latin American 0.8 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.3 1.8 0.7
Arab 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.7 1.1 0.2
Southeast Asian 0.7 2.0 2.2 2.5 1.7 2.2 0.4
West Asian 0.4 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.4 2.0 0.1
Korean 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1
Japanese 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Visible minority, n.i.e.Note 4 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4
Multiple visible minorities 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.2
Not a visible minority 86.3 58.6 54.2 42.4 73.1 57.9 89.5
Some financial responsibility 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 81.1 50.3 46.1 27.6 74.7 66.1 80.3
No 18.9 49.7 53.9 72.4 25.3 33.9 19.7
Note 1.

Single identity.

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Note 2.

Includes Aboriginal identity 'not included elsewhere.' (n.i.e.) and multiple Aboriginal identities.

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Note 3.

Chinese (n.o.s.) refers to persons who reported "Chinese" without further specifying in their response to the question on language spoken most often at home.

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Note 4.

The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.' Includes respondents who reported a write-in response such as "Guyanese", "West Indian", "Tibetan", "Polynesian", "Pacific Islander", etc.

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Note: Proportions may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, National Household Survey, 2011.
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