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Bulletin No. 3: Marital Status, Family Structure,
Households & Dwellings
The following bulletin is a highlight of
2001 Census data on Marital Status, Family Structure, Households and Dwellings
for Caledon as published by Statistics Canada on October 22, 2002.
Marital Status
In 2001, 63% (24,640 out of 38,995) of
Caledon’s population 15 years and over were married, the same percentage as
1996. At the same time, the percentage of single individuals living in Caledon
remained the same at 25% (9,825 out of 38,995).
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Caledon’s Population by Legal
Marital Status, 1996 and 2001
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1996
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2001
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Absolute Chg
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% Chg 96-01
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Total Population 15 years and over
by legal marital status
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30,825
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38,995
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8,170
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27
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Never legally married (single)
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7,650
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9,825
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2,175
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28
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Legally married (and not separated)
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19,715
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24,640
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4,925
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25
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Separated, but still legally married
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830
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970
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140
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17
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Divorced
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1,380
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1,990
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610
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44
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Widowed
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1,245
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1,540
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295
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24
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Family Structure, Households and Dwellings
The 2001 Census counted 14,710 families in
Caledon, up 29% from 1996. There were 10,060 (68% of the total) families with
children at home and 4,650 (32% of the total) families without children at
home. These percentages are unchanged from 1996. In 2001, the average number of
children living at home per census family was 1.3 and unchanged from 1996.
The average number of persons per census
family was 3.2 in 2001, compared to 3.3 in 1996. Between 1996 and 2001, the
number of lone-parent families increased by 57% or 500 to 1,385.
Of the total occupied private dwellings
(16,110), owned dwellings accounted for 14,490, up from 10,925 in 1996. The
number of rented dwellings decreased by 30 units to 1,615 between 1996 and
2001.
Family Structure
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Caledon’s Family Structure, 1996
and 2001
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1996
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2001
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Absolute Chg
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% Chg 96 - 01
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Total Number of Census Families in
Private Households
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11,385
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14,710
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3,325
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29
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Total number of married couples
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10,495
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12,210
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1,715
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16
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Total number of common-law couples*
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695
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1,110
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415
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60
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Total Number of Lone-parent
Families
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885
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1,385
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500
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57
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Total number of female lone-parent families
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705
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1,085
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380
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54
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Total number of male lone-parent families
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175
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300
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125
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71
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Total number of census families with children at home
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7,800
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10,060
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2,260
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29
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Total number of census families without children at
home
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3,580
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4,650
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1,070
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30
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Households
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Caledon’s Private Households by
Size, 1996 and 2001
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1996
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2001
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Absolute Chg
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% Chg 96 - 01
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Total Number of Private Households
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12,580
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16,115
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3,535
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28
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1 person
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1,265
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1,670
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405
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32
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2 persons
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3,615
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4,730
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1,115
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31
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3 persons
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2,405
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3,180
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775
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32
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4 – 5 persons
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4,660
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5,785
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1,125
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24
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6 + persons
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635
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750
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115
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18
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Dwellings
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Caledon’s Dwellings by Type and
Ownership, 1996 and 2001
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1996
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% of Total
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2001
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% of Total
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Total Number of Occupied Private
Dwellings
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12,580
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100
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16,115
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100
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Single-detached house
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11,405
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90.7
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14,145
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87.8
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Semi-detached house
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150
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1.2
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590
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3.7
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Row house
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260
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2.1
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690
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4.3
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Apartment, detached duplex
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300
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2.4
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175
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1.1
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Apartment, building that has five or more storeys
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0
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0.0
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60
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0.4
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Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys
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400
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3.2
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370
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2.3
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Other single-detached house
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40
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0.3
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40
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0.2
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Movable dwelling
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45
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0.4
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35
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0.2
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Total number of owned dwellings
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10,925
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87
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14,490
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90
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Total number of rented dwellings
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1,645
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13
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1,615
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10
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