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Table 15-2
Selected family types, Canada — Number of persons

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Number of persons
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
      estimates in thousands
Economic families, two persons or more 25,516 25,689 25,896 26,136 26,336 26,528 26,714 26,948 27,183 27,425
Elderly families 2,540 2,593 2,585 2,568 2,611 2,688 2,809 2,861 3,002 2,999
Married couples 1,782 1,844 1,852 1,882 1,893 1,972 2,065 2,059 2,130 2,129
Other families 759 748 734 686 719 716 743 803 872 869
Non-elderly families 22,975 23,096 23,310 23,568 23,724 23,840 23,905 24,087 24,181 24,426
Married couples 3,534 3,619 3,742 3,883 4,049 4,083 4,171 4,254 4,338 4,456
No earners 358 396 337 346 357 317 317 347 308 287
One earner 920 874 893 911 948 969 970 1,015 1,042 1,014
Two earners 2,257 2,348 2,512 2,626 2,744 2,797 2,884 2,893 2,987 3,155
Two-parent families with children 12,399 12,545 12,540 12,421 12,338 12,311 12,202 12,119 12,039 11,966
No earners 390 291 261 275 223 218 182 E 200 184 E 118 E
One earner 2,189 2,186 2,133 1,978 2,023 1,875 1,844 1,969 1,763 1,741
Two earners 7,384 7,376 7,443 7,482 7,269 7,438 7,346 7,138 7,251 7,268
Three or more earners 2,435 2,693 2,704 2,687 2,822 2,781 2,830 2,813 2,842 2,839
Married couples with other relatives 2,986 2,996 3,105 3,177 3,170 3,336 3,323 3,417 3,456 3,480
Lone-parent families 1,977 1,928 1,936 1,907 1,965 1,922 1,946 2,057 2,049 2,018
Male 294 295 306 325 362 348 351 363 356 350
Female 1,682 1,633 1,629 1,582 1,603 1,574 1,595 1,695 1,693 1,668
No earners 442 404 324 316 337 276 262 271 288 267
One earner 987 925 956 920 889 962 991 971 891 895
Two or more earners 253 303 349 346 377 336 342 452 515 507
Other non-elderly families 2,079 2,008 1,987 2,180 2,202 2,187 2,263 2,239 2,300 2,507
Unattached individuals 3,927 4,004 4,093 4,185 4,275 4,366 4,461 4,569 4,670 4,769
Elderly males 275 272 290 300 315 315 315 303 321 339
Non-earner 237 236 245 257 256 245 250 242 252 265
Earner 39 35 44 43 59 70 65 61 69 75
Elderly females 779 794 793 791 830 818 810 822 834 863
Non-earner 728 745 742 735 769 732 727 740 749 763
Earner 51 48 51 55 62 86 84 82 85 101
Non-elderly males 1,674 1,724 1,728 1,792 1,816 1,871 1,959 2,001 2,029 2,069
Non-earner 350 295 272 288 311 326 317 358 297 329
Earner 1,325 1,429 1,456 1,505 1,505 1,545 1,642 1,642 1,733 1,740
Non-elderly females 1,199 1,215 1,282 1,302 1,314 1,362 1,376 1,443 1,485 1,498
Non-elderly females, non-earner 345 323 323 326 309 307 319 302 308 316
Earner 854 892 959 976 1,006 1,055 1,057 1,141 1,177 1,182
Date Modified: 2009-06-03

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