This household- and family-level Target Group Profile contains data for households and families living in multigenerational households.
'Multigenerational households' represent all households where there is at least one person who is both the grandparent of a person in the household and the parent of another person in the same household. They also represent all households where there is at least one person who is both the child of a person in the household and the grandchild of another person in the same household. In previous censuses, multigenerational households were only created based on the former definition, not the latter. As a result, there may be small differences in counts for 2011 and 2016 in archived tables.
The household- and family-level Target Group Profiles provide data from the Census Profile for specific demographic groups (target groups). The tables contain data (in separate files) for Census Families (CF), Economic Families (EF), Households (HH) and Persons not in Census Families and Persons not in Economic Families (PP).
These tables provide counts of persons in multigenerational families:
- https://communitydata.ca/data/household-and-family-characteristics-persons-including-detailed-information-stepfamilies
- https://communitydata.ca/data/household-and-family-characteristics-persons-including-detailed-information-stepfamilies-0
- https://communitydata.ca/data/census-family-status-and-household-living-arrangements-household-type-person-age-group-and-1
- https://communitydata.ca/data/census-family-status-and-household-living-arrangements-household-type-person-age-group-and-0
- https://communitydata.ca/data/census-family-status-and-household-living-arrangements-household-type-person-age-group-and
- https://communitydata.ca/data/selected-household-and-housing-characteristics-28-admission-category-and-applicant-type-13
- https://communitydata.ca/data/census-family-status-and-household-living-arrangements-13-household-type-person-9-age-12-and
Note that all 2021 Household and Family Target Group Profiles have counts of target group households that are multigenerational. The CDP does not have tables with counts of multigenerational households before 2021.
Target Group Profile Totals
The labels used for the Target Group Profiles are the same as the labels used for the Census Profile. If you are viewing a Target Group Profile table, then the "Total population in private households" or "Total - Generation status for the population in private households" is the total for that particular target group.
For example, if you use the Target Group Profile for recent immigrants, then the "Total population" is equal to the total population of recent immigrants. Please be aware that for some 2021 Target Group Profiles, the target group (e.g., Indigenous and visible minority groups or age groups) is split out into categories in a separate dimension (e.g., Total, Indigenous identity, First Nations, Métis, Inuk), so will also include a Total population variable. In these cases, the Total population variables are for the entire population.
25% vs 100% samples
The 2021 short form Census questionnaire was sent out to 100% of all households. The 2021 long form Census questionnaire was sent out to 25% of all households. Target Group Profiles are produced using the 25% sample.
When calculating the prevalence of certain target group variables in the total population, it is better to use total population values taken from this Census Profile, which was produced entirely using the 25% sample, as opposed to the standard Census Profile which uses the 100% sample for numerous variables.