Canada: single/lone parent families by province 2022

This statistic shows the amount of lone parent families in Canada in 2022, distinguished by province and territory. In 2022, about 749,769 lone parent families were living in Ontario.

Number of lone parent families in Canada in 2022, by province

Characteristic	Number of families
Ontario	749,769
Quebec	399,978
British Columbia	227,866
Alberta	199,716
Manitoba	66,331
Saskatchewan	63,963
Nova Scotia	52,603
New Brunswick	39,657
Newfoundland and Labrador	27,791
Prince Edward Island	7,792
Nunavut	3,345
Northwest Territories	3,215
Yukon	2,377

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Release date

November 2022

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Canada

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Census family was defined as: a married couple (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), a common-law couple (with or without children of either and/or both partners) or a lone parent of any marital status, with at least one child. A couple may be of opposite sex or same sex.

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