Common-law families on the rise, census finds
Canadians are shackin' up in ever-increasing numbers. New census data from Statistics Canada shows the number of common-law couples rose by 13.9 per cent between 2006 and 2011, more than four times...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland census - latest findings published
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency has released the latest results from the 2011 Census. The figures provide estimates of the usually resident population of Northern Ireland on Census...
View ArticleMarriage declines in Ottawa-Gatineau region
The institution of marriage is on the decline in the metropolitan area of Ottawa-Gatineau, according to new census data that offers fresh insight into the complex composition of modern-day Canadian...
View ArticleProduct/Study : Census: Families, Households and Marital Status: "Age Group...
(Source: Statistics Canada) Issue information This topic presents data on census families, including the number of families, family size and structure. The data also include persons living in...
View ArticleProduct/Study : Census: Families, Households and Marital Status: "Presence...
(Source: Statistics Canada) Issue information This topic presents data on census families, including the number of families, family size and structure. The data also include persons living in...
View ArticleCensus shows marriage on the decline in Toronto region
The institution of marriage is on the decline in the metropolitan area of Toronto, according to new census data that offers fresh insight into the complex composition of modern-day Canadian families....
View ArticleCommon-law, lone-parent families on the rise, census finds
The nuclear family is no longer the norm in Canada. The mom-pop-and-three-kids-under-one-roof model that typified Canadian households of 50 years ago has morphed into a complex and diverse web of...
View ArticleDefinition of family wide open, census may show
To hear the politicians tell it, there's a typical Canadian family out there that is the justification for many an election promise, tax break or new policy. It's a central theme of every party...
View ArticleCensus shows P.E.I. households shrinking
New statistics released Wednesday show the traditional, large family is no longer the norm on P.E.I. According to Statistics Canada, the average household size in the province is smaller than the...
View ArticleSame-sex couples make up 1 of 100 CA households
The Associated Press Share E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name tool goes here 0 comments Similar stories: " tooltipId="mi_tt1"> Same-sex homes in the Valley on the rise Same-sex homes in the Valley...
View ArticleMcMaster expert available to discuss modern families and the holidays...
December 5, 2012 Media Advisory Attention: Assignment & Photo Editors Hamilton, Ont. December 5, 2012-Norman Rockwell defined the winter holidays for an entire generation with his depictions of...
View ArticlenewAmericans wait longer to take marriage plunge
Beginning of Story Content Britain's Prince William was 28 and Kate Middleton was 29 when they marriaged at Westminster Abbey in London in April. Statistics indicate the age at which people marry for...
View ArticleCensus Bureau: California has the most same-sex households
California may have the largest number of same-sex households - married and unmarried - of any state, a new Census Bureau study indicates, but several other states have higher percentages. The...
View ArticleCensus gives insights into characteristics of the East Midlands’ population...
(Source: Office for National Statistics) Statistics published today from the 2011 Census reveal the changing characteristics of the population in every region of England and Wales and the 348 local...
View ArticleCensus: Colo. households of one have grown in past decade
Dan Decker, above, works on a book review at his apartment in Denver. At 78, the retired English professor is divorced and lives alone. He says he is comfortable living on his own. (Craig F. Walker,...
View ArticleAging Vancouver Island has fewer children, census confirms
The latest census figures show the number of children in many parts of B.C., particularly on Vancouver Island and the North Coast, is dropping rapidly. The sharpest drop was in what Statistics Canada...
View ArticleCensus 2011: the facts about the housing crisis
Renting is up and home ownership is down – but what else can housing professionals learn from the latest census release The number of households privately renting in England Wales has nearly doubled...
View ArticleCanberra: a city of smaller homes, multicultural families, and less religion
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View ArticleCanada's typical family shows married couples with kids in the minority:...
The Canadian Press TORONTO - A new report suggests the profile of the typical Canadian family is undergoing some surprising changes. The report by the Vanier Institute of the Family says...
View Article2011 Census: Key Statistics for Wales, March 2011 (Office for National...
(Source: Office for National Statistics) Key figures The usually resident population of Wales was 3.1 million in 2011, a five per cent increase since 2001. Nearly one in five (18 per cent, 563,000) of...
View ArticleNew census data shows Canada aging quickly, despite new burst of toddlers
OTTAWA - Canada is becoming a nation of the aging and the very young. New census data shows Canada now has a higher proportion of seniors than ever before — a development that has crept up on society...
View ArticleCensus gives insights into characteristics of the population in Wales...
(Source: Office for National Statistics) Characteristics of the Wales population at national and local authority level are published today from the latest findings of the 2011 Census in England and...
View ArticleCensus shows North's population at over 1.8m - the highest ever recorded
GERRY MORIARTY, Northern Editor THE POPULATION in Northern Ireland is now 1,810,900, the highest ever recorded, according to the first results from the 2011 census published yesterday. This brings the...
View ArticleCensus: More same-sex couples in more places
(CNN) -- Researchers from Alfred Kinsey to local nonprofits have tried for decades to count the United States' gay, lesbian and bisexual population, and still, there were no hard numbers. But for the...
View ArticleGay census data limited - but still tell a lot
New figures show that Provincetown, Mass., population 2,642, is the gayest spot in America. Of course, those same data also put San Francisco lower, percentagewise, on the California gay scale than...
View ArticleCensus Bureau News -- Poverty and Shared Households by State: 2011
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View ArticleThe real Canadian family
By Shannon Proudfoot, Postmedia News October 4, 2010 8:56 AM --> Michelle and David Huck with their children Saul, Soleil, Indira, and Samuel in Calgary. "I think people idolize the adoption...
View ArticleCensus: More Gay Couples In More Places
(CNN) -- Researchers from Alfred Kinsey to local nonprofits have tried for decades to count the United States' gay, lesbian and bisexual population, and still, there were no hard numbers. But for the...
View ArticleKingston people in a healthy state, census shows (Royal Borough of Kingston...
(Source: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames) Kingston people in a healthy state, census shows People in Kingston are healthier than others in London and the rest of the country, latest figures from...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Releases 2009-2011 American Community Survey Estimates -- Also...
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View ArticleCensus shows six Nunavut communities shrinking
Though Nunavut is growing faster than most other parts of Canada, at a rate of eight per cent between 2006 and 2011 according to census numbers released Wednesday, not all of its communities are...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Report Shows Shared Households Increased 11.4 Percent from...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS WASHINGTON, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2010, there were 22.0 million shared households in the United States, an 11.4 percent increase from 2007, according to a...
View ArticleCensus shows sharp rise in marriages
CONOR POPE, Consumer Affairs Correspondent The number of married people in the Republic increased by nearly 10 per cent in just five years between 2006 and 2011, the latest figures from the CSO show....
View ArticleSingle-parent households increasingly common, latest Ohio census data show
More kids in Ohio are living with a single parent than a decade ago, and the number living with an unmarried dad has surged as well, census data released today show. The number of households with...
View ArticleFathers feeling same work-life stresses as mothers
Men are under rising pressure as they struggle to balance increasingly demanding work schedules with a growing role in everyday parenting, experts say. “What some of the research is showing is that...
View ArticleModern families and the winter holidays
But much has changed since the Post War heyday of Rockwell, says Melanie Heath, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology. The family unit has become a lot harder to define, and many holiday...
View ArticleEducated, healthy and less religious – census information paints picture of...
(Source: St Albans City & District Council) The latest* data from the 2011 census has been released by the Office for National Statistics. Demography, housing and economy are the key focal...
View ArticleCensus Highlights
MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS Of the nearly 5.6 million children aged 14 and under in Canada, 63.6 per cent lived with married parents in 2011, compared with 68.4 per cent in 2001. Over the same period,...
View Article2011 Census: Key Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011 (Office for...
(Source: Office for National Statistics) Key points The resident population of England and Wales on 27 March 2011 was 56.1 million, a seven per cent (3.7 million) increase since 2001 with 55 per cent...
View ArticleACT census snapshot: increased density and diversity, but less divinity
The suburb of Turner. Photo: Graham Tidy The latest census figures show the continuing urban densification of Canberra and find the city is becoming increasingly godless and more multicultural. The...
View ArticleSpike in seniors, small kids among highlights of latest numbers from 2011...
OTTAWA - Highlights from the latest set of numbers from the 2011 census, released Tuesday by Statistics Canada: — The number of seniors aged 65 and over in Canada increased 14.1 per cent to nearly...
View ArticleFamilies and households, 2012 (Office for National Statistics)
Key findings In 2012 there were 18.2 million families in the UK. Of these, 12.2 million consisted of a married couple with or without children The number of opposite sex cohabiting couple families has...
View ArticleMarried couple households in minority for first time, 2011 census shows
Number of married people stays constant at 21.2 million while number of single adults rises by three million compared to 2001 Married and civilly partnered couples make up 47% of all households,...
View ArticleAmerican Householders are Getting Older, Census Bureau Reports
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View ArticleMedia advisory - Third set of results from 2011 Census of Population:...
OTTAWA, Sept. 12, 2012 /CNW/ - A decade ago, a portrait of Canadian families taken by the 2001 Census at the outset of the 21st Century showed notable changes in the makeup of families. For example,...
View Article40% of marriages end in divorce: report
Forty per cent of Canadian marriages end in divorce, says a new study from the Vanier Institute of the Family. (Canadian Press) The traditional definition of family is changing in Canada, with 40 per...
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