Table 6
Distribution (number and percent) of women and men in couples with children by stepfamily status, Canada, 2011

Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution (number and percent) of women and men in couples with children by stepfamily status, Canada, 2011. The information is grouped by In couple with children (appearing as row headers), Women and Men, calculated using thousands and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
In couple with children Women Men
thousands percent thousands percent
All parents in couples 4,113.0 100.0 4,105.6 100.0
Parent in intact familyNote 1 3,602.3 87.6 3,598.9 87.7
Parent and/or stepparent in stepfamily 510.8 12.4 506.6 12.3
Parent or stepparent in simple stepfamily 316.4 7.7 313.0 7.6
Parent in simple stepfamily 219.6 5.3 95.1 2.3
Stepparent in simple stepfamily 96.8 2.4 217.9 5.3
Parent and/or stepparent in complex stepfamily 194.3 4.7 193.7 4.7
Parent to common children and own children in complex stepfamily 115.5 2.8 35.0 0.9
Both parent and stepparent in complex stepfamily 78.8 1.9 158.7 3.9
Note 1.

Parents with at least one child for whom it cannot be determined if there are stepchildren present are considered intact families.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011.
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