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July 13, 2022CENSUS FAMILY STRUCTURE, 2021 Today's release of 2021 Census results sheds light on the share of the population by each type of family structure.
The largest portion of the population counted in the 2021 Census were in census families. In Nova Scotia, 48.5% of the population are either spouses in a married couple or a common law partner. A further 17.6% of the population were children (of any age) living in a family with 2 parents. Lone parent families accounted for 12.8% of Nova Scotia's population, including 5.1% who were lone parents (highest among provinces) and 7.7% who were children in lone parent families.
Among those not living in a census family in Nova Scotia, 13.8% of the population were living alone (the second highest share after Quebec) as well as 5.2% who were living with non-relatives only (second highest share after British Columbia).
Among Nova Scotia's counties, Hants and Lunenburg reported the highest shares (including children of any age) living in married or common law families. Cape Breton County reported the highest share of the population living in a lone parent family while Guysborough County reported the largest share of the population living alone. Halifax reported the largest share of the population that were living in a non-census family with non-relatives.
Source: Statistics Canada. Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population
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