More information on Census family structure

Censuses:

2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1976, 1971

Reported for:

Census families in private households

Question numbers:

Derived variable: Questions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (The question on Common-law status – Question 5 in 2006 – was first asked in the 1991 Census.)

Responses:

Not applicable

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.