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Tuesday, October 22, 2002 Released at 8:30 am Eastern time 2001 Census: Marital status, common-law status, families, dwellings and households The third round of data from the 2001 Census, covering marital status, common-law status, families, dwellings and households, is available today. A detailed analysis of how the nation's families and households are changing is available on Statistics Canada's Web site, in the report Profile of Canadian families and households: Diversification continues. A family portrait taken by the census at the outset of the 21st century shows that changes in the makeup of Canadian families during the past two decades are continuing. The proportion of "traditional" families - mom, dad and kids - continues to decline, whereas families with no children at home are increasing. An increasing proportion of couples are living common-law. Common-law families accounted for 14% of all families in 2001, up from 6% in 1981. More children are living with common-law parents. The 2001 Census is the first to provide data on same-sex partnerships. A total of 34,200 same-sex common-law couples were counted in Canada, representing 0.5% of all couples in the country. Male couples outnumbered female couples. The size of households has dropped in the last two decades, as fewer people live in large households and more people live alone. In 2001, there were about as many one-person households as there were households with four or more people. More people aged 65 and over are living with a spouse, with adult children or alone, and fewer are living in health care institutions. In 2001, 35% of senior women and 61% of senior men lived with a spouse or partner (and no children). The census indicated a growing trend among young adults to remain in their parents' home. About 41% of the 3.8 million young adults aged 20 to 29 lived with their parents in 2001, up from 27% in 1981. |
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