Nearly 452,000 people over 65 in Canada were living with diagnosed dementia while nearly 85,000 older than 65 were newly diagnosed between April 2017 and March 2018, according to Health Canada stats.

People who live alone have always had large costs to carry on their own. But the inflation Canadians have faced over the past year has meant nearly everything from groceries to gas to rent, or the ...

Of all adults living alone, 39.2 per cent were age 65 or older, while 18.9 per cent of all adults living with others were 65 and older.

In 2021, 4.4 million people lived alone — up from 1.7 million in 1981 — and this represents 15% of all Canadians aged 15 and older in private households in 2021.

More mature people live solo – around 51% of those living alone last year were aged 65 or over, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics showed. This is up significantly from ...

In 2024, there were an estimated 4.3 million people aged over 65 living alone, up from 3.5 million in 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

Older people are most likely to live alone: 34% of those over 65 do so, and among those aged 85 and older, the share jumps to 56%. But young adults between 25 and 34 also stand out, with 28% ...