Figure 18
The proportion of households with couples and children¹ generally growing most rapidly in fast growing census metropolitan areas, 2001 to 2006

Description

This chart shows the growth in number of private households comprised of couple with children aged 24 and under at home as well as growth in private households population between 2001 and 2006 for each of the 33 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in Canada. Data are sorted in a descending order, starting with the CMA with the highest proportion of households comprised of couple with children to the lowest. Here are the growth rates by CMAs between 2001 and 2006, starting with the growth rate of households comprised of couple with children at home followed by growth rate in private households population: Barrie (14.6% and 19.1%), Calgary (12.9% and 13.4%), Oshawa (7.6% and 11.7%), Toronto (7.4% and 9.1%), Guelph (6.9% and 8.5%), Vancouver (6.3% and 6.6%), Kitchener (6.0% and 8.6%), Edmonton (4.9% and 10.5%), Victoria (4.3% and 5.4%), Ottawa - Gatineau (3.5% and 5.8%), Abbotsford (3.5% and 7.9%), Kelowna (3.1% and 9.8%), Windsor (2.7% and 5.1%), London (2.5% and 4.9%), Hamilton (1.8% and 4.2%), Montreal (1.5% and 5.3%), Moncton (1.3% and 6.3%), Brantford (0.9% and 5.5%), Kingston (0.2.% and 4.4%), St.Catharines – Niagara (-0.6% and 3.6%), Sherbrooke (-0.9% and 6.9%), Winnipeg (-2.2% and 2.8%), St.John’s (-2.3% and 4.8%), Saskatoon (-3.0% and 3.7%), Halifax (-3.1% and 3.7%), Regina (-3.9% and 1.2%), Peterborough (-4.2% and 5.2%), Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (-4.3% and 1.2%), Québec (-4.8% and 3.9%), Thunder Bay (-5.8% and 0.6%), Trois-Rivières (-6.5% and 3.0%), Saint-Jonh (-7.8% and -0.7%) et Saguenay (-14.8% and -2.5%).

Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.