Description
This Alberta Official Statistic compares the family structure of Canadian census families in all provinces and territories for the 2011 census year. Family structure refers to the combination of relatives that comprise a family. Census family refers to a married couple (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), a common-law couple (with or without children of either and/or both partners) or a lone parent of any marital status, with at least one child. A couple may be of opposite sex or same sex. A couple family with children may be further classified as either an intact family in which all children are the biological and/or adopted children of both married spouses or of both common-law partners or a stepfamily with at least one biological or adopted child of only one married spouse or common-law partner and whose birth or adoption preceded the current relationship.
Updated
June 11, 2015
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Title and Dataset Information
Alternative Title
Family Structure
Date Modified
2015-06-11
Update Frequency
Every 5 years
Publisher / Creator Information
Creator
Publisher
Treasury Board and Finance
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Resource Dates
Date Created
2015-05-13
Date Added to catalogue
2015-05-13T19:26:27.447931
Date Issued
2013-05-28
Date Modified
2015-06-11
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Usage Considerations
Census Family Structure refers to the classification of census families into married couples (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), common-law couples (with or without children of either and/or both partners), and lone-parent families by sex of parent. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. A couple with children may be further classified as either an intact family or stepfamily, and stepfamilies may, in turn, be classified as simple or complex. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present.
Remarks As of 2001, the term 'couple families' will be used when referring inclusively to families of married couples and families of common-law couples. In censuses prior to 1991, the term 'husband-wife families' used in census products covered both the families of married couples and those of opposite-sex common-law couples. Data on opposite-sex common-law couples have been available only since 1981.
See Census family for more information on stepfamilies.
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Office of Statistics and Information
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(780) 427-2071