Number of singles, common-law relationships and roommates rises as Canada’s households evolve

Canada now has the largest percentage of common-law couples in the G7
The makeup of Canadian households is continuing to change, with alternatives to family households — such as roommates — and common-law marriages all seeing significant increases, says the latest census data released from Statistics Canada. “In recent decades, there has been a gradual decrease in the share of households composed of only one family with no additional people,” the media release said. “Alternatives like living alone, with roommates, or with extended family members have grown in popularity.” Households composed of roommates who are unrelated to one another still account for only four percent of households — but they also make up the fastest-growing household category in Canada. The 663,835 roommate households reported in the new census represent a 54 percent increase between 2001 and 2021 and a 14 percent increase since 2016. Statistics Canada said the challenges associated with finding and paying for housing have contributed to that shift in household makeup.
The number of multi-generational homes or multiple-family dwellings has grown by 45 percent since 2001 and now accounts for seven percent of all households in Canada.
After trending upward for the past 20 years, the number of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent remained constant in 2021 at 35 percent, the same level it was in 2016. While the number of young adults living with parents was highest in large urban centers such as Oshawa, Toronto, Windsor, and Hamilton — where almost half of 20 to 34-year-olds lived with at least one parent — their share of households in cities did decline slightly.
The number of 20 to 34-year-olds living with at least one parent declined by three percent in Vancouver and by one percent in Montréal and Toronto. Statistics Canada said that change could have been caused by young adults moving to smaller communities during the pandemic… Source::cbc.ca