It is curious, the way both the article and the Census report, the way they talk about younger and older women.

Both sources notice that more young adult women are living alone than in years past, and both notice elderly women are less likely to be living alone than in years past.

Fair enough.

But then both sources claim what is driving the trend with younger women is that they are entering the workforce and earning their own way independently more so than in past years.

In places like Vancouver and Richmond and South Surrey it is a more complicated dynamic at play, and it has to do with a third item in the above sources: That Chinese languages are the MOST commonly spoken, after English, out West.

In the Vancouver region it is common for homes, including condos, to be gifted to children of rich folks with overseas income sources. And in Chinese culture it is common to have grandmother live with kids. So the dynamics are complex, not so easy to simplify as having just one cause.