Of the almost 5 million seniors age 65 and older in Canada, 7.1% live in care facilities—nursing homes, chronic care, or long-term care hospitals (4.5%), or residences for seniors (2.6%). Census data from 2011 also show that although most seniors are living in their own homes, almost 30% of seniors age 85 and over live in special care facilities.
Read more in the Statistics Canada report entitled “2011 Census of Population: Families, households, marital status, structural type of dwelling, collectives” at www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120919/dq120919a-eng.htm [8].
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