Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Shape of the Modern Family Changing

The institution of marriage is on the decline in Kenora.

That's according to new census data that offers fresh insight into the complex composition of modern-day Canadian families.

The latest information from the 2011 census, released this morning by Statistics Canada, reveals the many different ways Canadians live together as a family unit.

When the census was taken in May 2011, there were 4,390 families in Kenora.

Married couples - those with and without children - make up 65.9 per cent of families in Kenora.

That's a decrease from the last census taken in 2006 when 68 per cent of couples were married.