Table 4.5
Sense of belonging to Canada, province and local community, by age group and sex, Prairie provinces, 2008

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Age group Both sexes Male Female
('000) % ('000) % ('000) %
Total all age groups 4,601 100.0 2,312 100.0 2,289 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 3,051 66.3 1,528 66.1 1,523 66.5
Somewhat strong 1,181 25.7 607 26.3 573 25.0
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 265 5.8 139 6.0 126 5.5
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 1,631 35.4 832 36.0 798 34.9
Somewhat strong 2,213 48.1 1,132 49.0 1,081 47.2
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 648 14.1 308 13.3 340 14.9
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 888 19.3 441 19.1 447 19.5
Somewhat strong 2,293 49.8 1,177 50.9 1,116 48.8
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 1,296 28.2 653 28.2 643 28.1
15 to 24 840 100.0 432 100.0 407 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 498 59.3 270 62.5 228 56.0
Somewhat strong 235 28.0 107 24.8 128 31.4
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 85E 10.1E 53E 12.3E 33E 8.1E
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 233 27.7 147 34.0 86 21.1
Somewhat strong 441 52.5 218 50.5 223 54.8
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 145 17.3 65E 15.0E 80E 19.7E
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 130 15.5 84E 19.4E 46E 11.3E
Somewhat strong 415 49.4 221 51.2 195 47.9
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 272 32.4 125 28.9 147 36.1
25 to 54 2,525 100.0 1,289 100.0 1,235 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 1,624 64.3 836 64.9 788 63.8
Somewhat strong 708 28.0 374 29.0 335 27.1
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 138 5.5 59 4.6 79 6.4
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 826 32.7 422 32.7 404 32.7
Somewhat strong 1,253 49.6 663 51.4 591 47.9
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 389 15.4 180 14.0 209 16.9
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 429 17.0 208 16.1 221 17.9
Somewhat strong 1,265 50.1 649 50.3 616 49.9
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 770 30.5 410 31.8 360 29.1
55 and over 1,237 100.0 590 100.0 647 100.0
Sense of belonging to Canada
Very strong 930 75.2 422 71.5 508 78.5
Somewhat strong 237 19.2 127 21.5 110 17.0
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 42E 3.4E 28E 4.7E 14E 2.2E
Sense of belonging to province
Very strong 573 46.3 264 44.7 309 47.8
Somewhat strong 519 42.0 251 42.5 268 41.4
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 114 9.2 63 10.7 51 7.9
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 329 26.6 148 25.1 180 27.8
Somewhat strong 612 49.5 307 52.0 305 47.1
Somewhat weak, very weak or no opinion 254 20.5 118 20.0 137 21.2
Note(s):
The sum of the values for each category will differ from the total due to rounding.
Values for "Don't know" and "Not stated" are included in the total but are not shown separately.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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