Infographic 6
Slight increase in the share of children living with their father in a one-parent family

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Slight increase in the share of children living with their father in a one-parent family"

The image displays two vertical bar charts, one smaller than the other.

The larger vertical bar chart shows the distribution in percentage from 0% to 80%, by increments of 10%.

The horizontal axis of the larger vertical bar chart displays different living arrangements of children aged 0 to 14 years in private households for the years 2016 (light blue) and 2021 (dark blue): with two parents in a non-stepfamily (69.7% in 2016 and 70.2% in 2021); with two parents in a stepfamily (9.8% in 2016 and 9.2% in 2021); in a one-parent family (19.2% in 2016 and 19.1% in 2021); with grandparent(s) and without parents (0.6% in 2016 and 0.6% in 2021); persons not in census families (foster children and persons living with other relatives) (0.9% in 2016 and 0.9% in 2021).

The vertical axis of the smaller vertical bar chart shows the proportion in percentage from 0% to 20%, by increments of 5%.

The horizontal axis of the smaller vertical bar chart displays the living arrangements of children according to the gender of their parent, for the years 2016 (light blue) and 2021 (dark blue): in which the parent is a woman+ (15.6% in 2016, 15.1% in 2021); in which the parent is a man+ (3.6% in 2016, 4.0% in 2021).

Note(s): The sex variable in census years prior to 2021 and the two-category gender variable in the 2021 Census are included together in this graphic. Although sex and gender refer to two different concepts, the introduction of gender is not expected to have a significant impact on data analysis and historical comparability, given the small size of the transgender and non-binary populations. For additional information on changes of concepts over time, please consult the Age, Sex at Birth and Gender Reference Guide. Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol. Prior to the 2021 Census, the category "Man+" refers to males and the category "Woman+" refers to females. Starting in 2021, the category "Man+" includes men, as well as some non-binary persons, and the category "Woman+" includes women, as well as some non-binary persons.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).