Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16.
Here are some selected facts on fathers in Canada.
(Last updated: May 22, 2013)
Number ('000) | Percent | |
---|---|---|
Canada | 8,611 | 100 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 138 | 1.6 |
Prince Edward Island | 37 | 0.4 |
Nova Scotia | 233 | 2.7 |
New Brunswick | 206 | 2.4 |
Quebec | 2,046 | 23.8 |
Ontario | 3,281 | 38.1 |
Manitoba | 303 | 3.5 |
Saskatchewan | 260 | 3.0 |
Alberta | 937 | 10.9 |
British Columbia | 1,170 | 13.6 |
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2011. |
Number ('000) | Percent | |
---|---|---|
Canada | 3,847 | 100 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 54 | 1.4 |
Prince Edward Island | 14 | 0.4 |
Nova Scotia | 77 | 2.0 |
New Brunswick | 81 | 2.1 |
Quebec | 863 | 22.4 |
Ontario | 1,544 | 40.1 |
Manitoba | 131 | 3.4 |
Saskatchewan | 117 | 3.0 |
Alberta | 452 | 11.8 |
British Columbia | 513 | 13.3 |
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2011. |
Source: General Social Survey - Family, 2011 (Cycle 25).
Source: Survey of Young Canadians, 2010/2011.
Stepfamilies were counted for the first time in the 2011 Census of Population.
Of these stepfamilies, 271,930 were simple stepfamilies, that is, those in which all children are the biological or adopted children of one and only one married spouse or common-law partner in the couple and whose birth or adoption preceded the current relationship. They accounted for 7.4% of couples with children.
The remaining 192,410 were complex stepfamilies, consisting of all other stepfamily types. Complex stepfamilies accounted for 5.2% of all couples with children.
Source: "2011 Census of Population: Families, households, marital status, structural type of dwelling, collectives," The Daily, Wednesday, September 19, 2012.
Source: “Employment Insurance Coverage Survey, 2011,” The Daily, Monday, November 5, 2012.
About 26% of Canadian children aged 1 to 3 living outside Quebec had working fathers who took leave; their average leave was 2.4 weeks.
Fathers took leave in the case of about three-quarters (76%) of children in Quebec. Mothers of children living in Quebec took about 5 weeks more leave than their counterparts elsewhere in Canada, and fathers took about 3 weeks more than their counterparts.
Source: “Study: Leave practices of parents after the birth or adoption of young children, July 2012,” The Daily, Monday, July 30, 2012.
Among lone-parent families, growth was more than twice as strong between 2006 and 2011 for male lone-parent families (+16.2%) compared with female lone-parent families (+6.0%).
Source: "2011 Census of Population: Families, households, marital status, structural type of dwelling, collectives," The Daily, Wednesday, September 19, 2012.
Source: General Social Survey - Family, 2011 (Cycle 25).
Source: Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada, Migration, International, 2009.
Source: General Social Survey - Time Use, 2010 (Cycle 24).
Source: General Social Survey - Time Use, 2010 (Cycle 24).
See also: General Social Survey – 2010: Overview of the Time Use of Canadians.
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