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1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |
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% | |||
Married or common-law with children | 55.0 | 48.7 | 43.6 |
Married or common-law without children | 33.7 | 38.3 | 40.7 |
Lone parents1 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 15.7 |
1. Changes to the census family
definition in 2001 make comparisons with previous years difficult for
lone-parent families. Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 96F0030XIE. |