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Table 12
Number and proportion of same-sex couples, by census metropolitan areas, 2006
Census metropolitan areas Same-sex couples Total couples Percentage of all couples

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.

Canada 45,345 7,482,775 0.6
St. John's 225 42,750 0.5
Halifax 820 87,830 0.9
Moncton 285 31,315 0.9
Saint John 110 28,800 0.4
Saguenay 215 37,900 0.6
Québec 1,335 169,665 0.8
Sherbrooke 230 42,805 0.5
Trois-Rivières 205 32,915 0.6
Montréal 8,365 814,735 1.0
Ottawa - Gatineau 2,415 262,700 0.9
Kingston 295 36,450 0.8
Peterborough 130 28,390 0.5
Oshawa 325 78,995 0.4
Toronto 9,620 1,168,415 0.8
Hamilton 830 163,720 0.5
St. Catharines - Niagara 340 93,480 0.4
Kitchener 480 107,430 0.4
Brantford 55 29,805 0.2
Guelph 200 30,385 0.7
London 670 106,630 0.6
Windsor 285 74,685 0.4
Barrie 115 42,495 0.3
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 150 38,525 0.4
Thunder Bay 135 28,675 0.5
Winnipeg 755 154,780 0.5
Regina 155 43,435 0.4
Saskatoon 235 51,935 0.5
Calgary 1,410 253,125 0.6
Edmonton  1,060 238,310 0.4
Kelowna 175 41,205 0.4
Abbotsford 150 37,905 0.4
Vancouver 4,685 492,005 1.0
Victoria 720 77,300 0.9