Census reflects Canada's changing family portrait
Newsbot @ Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:06 pm
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<strong>Date: </strong> 2007-09-12 07:33:13
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SideShowCecil @ Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:06 pm
So we (married couples) are a minority now. I guess married couples with a stay-at-home parent, raising a family on a single income must be an even smaller minority. Perhaps now the federal government will stop discriminating against the single income families and give us a break on taxes.
bootlegga @ Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:28 am
SideShowCecil SideShowCecil:
So we (married couples) are a minority now. I guess married couples with a stay-at-home parent, raising a family on a single income must be an even smaller minority. Perhaps now the federal government will stop discriminating against the single income families and give us a break on taxes.
Minority?
$1:
Two decades ago, married couples made up 80 per cent of families. In 2006, that number plunged to 68.6 per cent.
Nope, you've gone from a 4/5 majority to 2/3 majority, but still a majority nonetheless.
Blue_Nose @ Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:45 am
Married couples are a majority in "families" but a minority in the adult population - I think that's where the discrepency lies.
Barely a minority, mind you - 51.5% single adults isn't a landslide.
SideShowCecil @ Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:48 am
$1:
For the first time in the nation's history, married people are in the minority. Statistics Canada said the 2006 census showed that 51.5 per cent of the adult population was not married -- which could mean they were never married, were living in a common-law relationship, or were divorced, separated or widowed.