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• In 2006, about 70% of recently divorced or separated parents in Canada had an arrangement in place for either spending time with their children, for making major decisions related to the religion, health or education of their children, or for both.
• A majority of parents with an arrangement for spending time made use of third party resources (like talking to lawyers or having their arrangement judgment ordered as an outcome of a trial) in reaching an arrangement; parents were less likely to use these resources when deciding on an arrangement for making major decisions.
• About 14% of parents with an arrangement for spending time had a shared living arrangement where the children spent a similar amount of time living at both parents' homes.
• Most parents with an arrangement for making major decisions reported that they were involved in making decisions related to their children's health, religion or education.
• Almost all parents with an arrangement for spending time were involved with their children's recreational or regular care activities.
• Just over half of parents who had an arrangement for spending time and whose children lived primarily with their ex-partner were satisfied with the amount of time they were spending with their children.