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The title of the graph is "Figure 6 Distribution (in percentage) of families with children aged 24 and under by number of children, Canada, 1941 to 2011."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 8 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 50 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "Percentage."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1941 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "One child."
The minimum value is 28.6 occurring in 1961.
The maximum value is 38.6 occurring in 2011.
The title of series 2 is "Two children."
The minimum value is 25.5 occurring in 1941.
The maximum value is 43.2 occurring in 1991.
The title of series 3 is "Three children or more."
The minimum value is 18.5 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 42.2 occurring in 1961.

Data table for figure 6
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution (in percentage) of families with children aged 24 and under by number of children. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), One child, Two children and Three children or more , calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year One child Two children Three children or more
percentage
1941 34.2 25.5 40.3
1951 34.7 29.2 36.1
1961 28.6 29.2 42.2
1971 29.5 30.6 39.9
1981 35.2 39.3 25.5
1991 36.1 43.2 20.7
2001 37.3 42.9 19.8
2011 38.6 42.9 18.5
Note: For years 1941 to 1971, the numerator is "all children aged 24 and under" and the denominator is "families with all children aged 24 and under". For the years 1981 to 2011, the numerator is "children in families with at least one child aged 24 and under" and the denominator is "families with at least one child aged 24 and under". Historical comparisons for census families must be interpreted with caution due to conceptual changes in 2001. For more information, see Appendix.
Source: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1941 to 2011.
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