Manitoba, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 327,875
2 persons: 160,325
Here:

48.9%
State:

49.8%
3 persons: 67,940
Here:

20.7%
State:

21.8%
4 persons: 63,665
Here:

19.4%
State:

19.9%
5 or more persons: 35,945
Here:

11.0%
State:

8.4%

This province Family Size

Married couples: 232,635
Here:

85.6%
State:

80.1%
Common-law couples: 39,055
Here:

14.4%
State:

19.9%
Female lone parent: 43,855
Here:

78.0%
State:

78.6%
Male lone parent: 12,330
Here:

21.9%
State:

21.4%

Family types in this province

Children in Families

Total children in families: 378,375
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.2
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 88,290
Here:

23.3%
State:

22.2%
6 to 14 years: 133,190
Here:

35.2%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 48,565
Here:

12.8%
State:

12.4%
18 to 24 years: 73,525
Here:

19.4%
State:

20.7%
25 years and over: 34,795
Here:

9.2%
State:

11.3%

Age of children in families in Manitoba

Number of children - Married couples

Number of children - Common-law couples

Number of children - Female lone parent

Number of children - Male lone parent

Households characteristics

Average number of persons per family
Here:

3.0
State:

2.9

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 1,175,160
Male:

579,815
Female:

595,350
Living with relatives
Total: 31,645
This province:

2.7%
Country:

2.2%
Male: 14,940
This province:

2.6%
Country:

1.9%
Female: 16,695
This province:

2.8%
Country:

2.6%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 34,105
Here:

2.9%
Country:

3.7%
Male: 19,710
This province:

3.4%
Country:

4.3%
Female: 14,390
Here:

2.4%
Country:

3.2%
Living alone
Total: 131,480
This province:

11.2%
Canada:

11.2%
Male: 59,755
This province:

10.3%
Country:

10.4%
Female: 71,720
This province:

12.0%
Country:

11.9%
Living with census family
Total: 977,935
Here:

83.2%
Canada:

82.9%
Male: 485,410
Here:

83.7%
Canada:

83.4%
Female: 492,535
This province:

82.7%
Country:

82.3%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 157,685
Male:

70,760
Female:

86,930
Living with relatives
Total: 5,415
This province:

3.4%
Country:

4.9%
Male: 1,335
This province:

1.9%
Canada:

2.5%
Female: 4,075
Here:

4.7%
Country:

7.0%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,840
Here:

1.2%
Country:

1.9%
Male: 900
This province:

1.3%
Country:

2.0%
Female: 935
This province:

1.1%
Canada:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 48,525
This province:

30.8%
Country:

26.7%
Male: 13,595
Here:

19.2%
Canada:

16.9%
Female: 34,930
Here:

40.2%
Canada:

35.0%
Living with census family
Total: 101,910
Here:

64.6%
Country:

66.4%
Male: 54,925
This province:

77.6%
Canada:

78.6%
Female: 46,985
Here:

54.0%
Canada:

56.2%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 118,355
Here:

25.4%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 129,145
Here:

27.7%
State:

27.6%
Lone-parent-family households: 41,725
Here:

9.0%
State:

9.0%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 4,285
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 7,770
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.8%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 6,525
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 9,665
Here:

2.1%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 131,475
Here:

28.2%
State:

27.6%
Two-or-more-person households: 17,190
Here:

3.7%
State:

4.1%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.5
State:

2.5
1 person: 131,475
Here:

28.2%
State:

27.6%
2 persons: 155,355
Here:

33.3%
State:

34.1%
3 persons: 67,745
Here:

14.5%
State:

15.6%
4 persons: 64,575
Here:

13.9%
State:

14.3%
5 persons: 27,885
Here:

6.0%
State:

5.4%
6 or more persons: 19,105
Here:

4.1%
State:

2.9%

Households sizes in this province


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Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007 and Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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