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| Female lone parents | Women with partners | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest child under age 3 | Youngest child aged 3 to 5 | Youngest child aged 6 to 15 | Total with children under age 16 | Youngest child under age 3 | Youngest child aged 3 to 5 | Youngest child aged 6 to 15 | Total with children under age 16 | |
| percentage | ||||||||
| 1976 | 27.6 | 45.1 | 54.0 | 48.3 | 27.6 | 36.0 | 45.5 | 38.3 |
| 1977 | 31.1 | 47.8 | 55.3 | 50.0 | 29.3 | 37.0 | 46.5 | 39.4 |
| 1978 | 31.2 | 43.2 | 55.4 | 49.3 | 32.1 | 40.3 | 48.4 | 42.0 |
| 1979 | 34.8 | 45.9 | 55.8 | 50.6 | 34.6 | 42.5 | 50.2 | 44.0 |
| 1980 | 36.4 | 50.9 | 59.5 | 53.9 | 37.0 | 44.6 | 52.7 | 46.3 |
| 1981 | 32.5 | 51.8 | 61.5 | 54.5 | 39.7 | 46.0 | 55.4 | 48.7 |
| 1982 | 31.9 | 48.7 | 57.5 | 51.3 | 39.9 | 46.2 | 55.0 | 48.5 |
| 1983 | 30.7 | 44.6 | 55.4 | 48.9 | 42.9 | 48.4 | 55.0 | 49.9 |
| 1984 | 30.2 | 45.1 | 57.9 | 50.6 | 45.1 | 49.7 | 56.9 | 51.8 |
| 1985 | 34.3 | 47.0 | 58.4 | 51.5 | 47.7 | 52.7 | 59.2 | 54.3 |
| 1986 | 29.7 | 47.0 | 60.0 | 51.5 | 51.0 | 55.5 | 62.1 | 57.3 |
| 1987 | 33.2 | 50.3 | 60.3 | 52.8 | 51.8 | 57.0 | 64.4 | 59.0 |
| 1988 | 32.8 | 50.6 | 62.9 | 54.2 | 53.6 | 59.4 | 67.1 | 61.3 |
| 1989 | 30.2 | 50.7 | 65.2 | 55.1 | 55.0 | 60.6 | 69.7 | 63.3 |
| 1990 | 31.3 | 49.6 | 65.3 | 54.9 | 55.5 | 61.2 | 71.0 | 64.2 |
| 1991 | 30.9 | 47.5 | 62.3 | 52.1 | 57.0 | 62.3 | 70.3 | 64.5 |
| 1992 | 27.2 | 43.7 | 61.0 | 49.6 | 57.3 | 62.3 | 69.3 | 64.2 |
| 1993 | 25.3 | 44.3 | 59.0 | 48.0 | 58.3 | 62.4 | 70.4 | 65.0 |
| 1994 | 27.7 | 47.2 | 60.3 | 50.1 | 59.5 | 61.7 | 70.3 | 65.3 |
| 1995 | 28.9 | 41.8 | 61.0 | 49.9 | 59.4 | 64.2 | 71.7 | 66.4 |
| 1996 | 32.9 | 46.2 | 62.6 | 53.1 | 61.0 | 63.3 | 71.4 | 66.6 |
| 1997 | 35.6 | 49.8 | 63.7 | 54.9 | 61.9 | 64.9 | 72.8 | 68.0 |
| 1998 | 33.1 | 51.9 | 66.4 | 56.6 | 62.9 | 66.4 | 73.4 | 69.1 |
| 1999 | 37.5 | 55.2 | 69.2 | 60.7 | 62.8 | 68.3 | 74.4 | 69.9 |
| 2000 | 42.4 | 55.7 | 71.7 | 63.0 | 62.6 | 69.7 | 75.0 | 70.4 |
| 2001 | 45.5 | 61.0 | 73.7 | 66.5 | 63.2 | 68.3 | 75.7 | 70.9 |
| 2002 | 46.2 | 60.2 | 74.4 | 67.1 | 63.7 | 69.7 | 77.7 | 72.3 |
| 2003 | 46.5 | 61.1 | 75.2 | 68.3 | 64.5 | 69.9 | 77.1 | 72.3 |
| 2004 | 46.1 | 63.3 | 74.9 | 68.3 | 66.4 | 70.6 | 77.5 | 73.2 |
| 2005 | 47.2 | 64.6 | 75.8 | 69.2 | 66.8 | 71.8 | 77.9 | 73.6 |
| 2006 | 46.3 | 66.2 | 76.6 | 69.9 | 66.4 | 70.1 | 78.6 | 73.6 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. | ||||||||