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Table A-2.4
Distribution of the Canadian population by selected socio-demographic characteristics, by type of destination, 2006
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| Demographic characteristic | Type of destination | Population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central municipalities (Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver) | Peripheral municipalities (Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver) | Other census metropolitan areas | Mid-size urban centres | Rural areas near urban centres | Remote rural areas/ territories | |||
| percentage | number | |||||||
| Sex | Male | 14.6 | 19.1 | 33.6 | 13.2 | 4.5 | 15.1 | 12,024,345 |
| Female | 15.2 | 19.2 | 33.9 | 13.2 | 4.2 | 14.3 | 12,753,485 | |
| Age group | 15 to 19 years | 11.9 | 20.4 | 34.0 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 15.6 | 1,659,805 |
| 20 to 29 years | 16.8 | 18.7 | 36.5 | 12.7 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 3,891,875 | |
| 30 to 44 years | 16.0 | 20.6 | 34.1 | 12.0 | 4.1 | 13.1 | 6,640,095 | |
| 45 to 59 years | 13.5 | 19.5 | 33.3 | 13.5 | 4.8 | 15.5 | 6,962,260 | |
| 60 years and over | 14.9 | 16.8 | 32.1 | 14.4 | 4.6 | 17.2 | 5,623,780 | |
| Marital status | Married/common law | 12.8 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 13.4 | 4.8 | 15.7 | 14,921,240 |
| Single | 18.8 | 18.5 | 34.5 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 12.7 | 6,428,655 | |
| Divorced, separated | 17.2 | 17.0 | 35.7 | 14.2 | 3.5 | 12.4 | 2,056,875 | |
| Widowed | 15.8 | 16.2 | 32.6 | 14.7 | 3.8 | 16.9 | 1,371,050 | |
| Presence of children | No children | 15.6 | 17.2 | 34.0 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 15.2 | 15,380,030 |
| Children, all aged 2 and over | 13.6 | 22.5 | 33.3 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 13.9 | 7,765,465 | |
| Recent birth of first child | 15.8 | 21.2 | 35.2 | 12.2 | 3.7 | 12.0 | 681,185 | |
| Recent birth of second child | 13.6 | 22.7 | 34.4 | 12.3 | 4.1 | 12.9 | 623,690 | |
| Recent birth of third child (or over) | 12.5 | 19.0 | 31.5 | 12.6 | 4.9 | 19.5 | 327,460 | |
| Education level | Less than high school diploma | 13.3 | 15.2 | 29.5 | 14.9 | 5.1 | 21.9 | 5,612,935 |
| High school | 13.5 | 19.5 | 35.0 | 13.8 | 4.4 | 13.8 | 6,442,785 | |
| Trade school | 10.4 | 17.7 | 31.4 | 16.1 | 5.7 | 18.6 | 2,762,340 | |
| College | 12.6 | 19.2 | 36.8 | 13.9 | 4.5 | 13.2 | 4,383,120 | |
| University (less than bachelor's) | 19.4 | 25.1 | 31.0 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 1,104,145 | |
| University (bachelor's or higher) | 23.0 | 22.7 | 36.6 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 4,472,500 | |
| Aboriginal identity | Aboriginal | 3.2 | 4.8 | 27.9 | 18.5 | 2.7 | 42.8 | 795,770 |
| Non-Aboriginal | 15.3 | 19.6 | 34.0 | 13.0 | 4.4 | 13.8 | 23,982,060 | |
| Immigrant status and visible minority status | Non-immigrant, non-visible | 9.2 | 15.2 | 36.0 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 18.4 | 18,540,130 |
| Immigrant before 1996, non-visible | 23.1 | 24.4 | 33.4 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 2,306,045 | |
| Recent immigrant, non-visible | 33.5 | 25.6 | 28.8 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 369,210 | |
| Non-immigrant, visible minority | 32.1 | 31.9 | 28.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 605,525 | |
| Immigrant before 1996, visible minority | 37.7 | 36.7 | 22.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1,873,385 | |
| Recent immigrant, visible minority | 40.1 | 35.6 | 21.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1,083,530 | |
| Census sub-division of origin (2005) | Urban | 18.3 | 23.5 | 41.3 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 20,079,275 |
| Rural | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 21.6 | 75.0 | 4,698,550 | |
| Note: Study population only, namlely Canadians aged 15 and over in 2005 who were in Canada in 2005, excluding those who were in Canada and whose date of immigration was in 2006. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X. |
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