FNN 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Married People, Breakup, Joint Custody

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nutrition and Food
• Course: FNN 100
• Professor: Any Teacher

Document Summary

Portrait of families and living arrangements in canada: families, households and marital status 2011 census (statistics canada (2012) 2011 census enumerated over almost 9 million census families in canada up. Married couples constituted the largest census family group (67%) Their proportion has been steadily decreasing for the past 20 years. A census family is composed of a married couple, or common-law couple, with or without children, or a lone parent living with at least one child in the same dwelling. A couple can be of the opposite sex or of the same sex. Persons not in census families include persons living alone or individuals living with other relatives or non-relatives. In 2011, about one-fifth or 20% of people aged 15 and over did not live in a census family. Cohabiting couples with children, lone parents with children and legally married couples with children make up large portion of all canadian households. More census families without children than with children.