Description for Chart 1
Distribution of children aged 24 and under in census families, by living arrangements, 1931 to 2011

The title of the graph is "Chart 1 Distribution of children aged 24 and under in census families, by living arrangements, 1931 to 2011."
This is a column stacked chart.
There are in total 9 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 100 with ticks every 20 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percent."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1931 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "With married parents."
The minimum value is 64.9 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 93.6 occurring in 1961.
The title of series 2 is "With common-law parents."
The minimum value is 0 occurring in 1931, 1941, 1951, 1961 and 1971.
The maximum value is 13.7 occurring in 2011.
The title of series 3 is "With a lone parent."
The minimum value is 6.4 occurring in 1961.
The maximum value is 21.5 occurring in 2011.

Data table Chart 1
Year With married parents With common-law parents With a lone parent
1931 88.1 0.0 11.9
1941 90.2 0.0 9.6
1951 92.0 0.0 8.0
1961 93.6 0.0 6.4
1971 90.4 0.0 9.6
1981 84.7 2.6 12.7
1991 78.9 5.9 15.2
2001 70.7 10.4 19.0
2011 64.9 13.7 21.5
Note:
Data on common-law couple families are not available prior to 1981. Historical comparisons for children in census families, particularly in lone-parent families, must be interpreted with caution due to conceptual changes over time.
Source:
Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1931 to 2011.
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