Table 4
Median age (years) by selected family status characteristics for women and men aged 15 and over, Canada, 2011

Table summary
This table displays the results of Median age (years) by selected family status characteristics for women and men aged 15 and over, Canada, 2011. The information is grouped by Family characteristic (appearing as row headers), Women and Men, calculated using years units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Family characteristic Women Men
years
Married spouse 51.0 53.4
Without children at home 60.8 63.3
With at least one child at home 44.5 47.1
Common-law partner 38.4 41.0
Without children at home 41.2 43.3
With at least one child at home 37.4 40.0
Opposite-sex spouse or partner 48.8 51.2
Same-sex spouse or partner 45.6 45.0
Parent in intact family 43.5 46.1
Parent or stepparent in simple stepfamily 44.9 47.5
Parent and/or stepparent in complex stepfamily 38.4 41.1
Lone parent 46.4 49.4
Never legally married 36.0 40.7
Divorced or separatedNote 1 47.3 50.3
Widowed 72.0 70.0
Living alone 61.9 50.4
Living with relatives 61.1 41.0
Living with non-relatives only 31.6 31.8
Note 1.

Includes married, spouse absent.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011.
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