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Figure 2
Distribution (in percentage) of the legal marital status of lone parents, Canada, 1961 to 2011
Description
The title of the graph is 'Figure 2 Distribution (in percentage) of the legal marital status of lone parents, Canada, 1961 to 2011.'
This is a column stacked chart.
There are in total 11 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 100 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is 'percentage.'
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1961 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is 'Widowed.'
The minimum value is 17.7 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 61.5 occurring in 1961.
The title of series 2 is 'Divorced or separated.'Footnote 1
The minimum value is 35.8 occurring in 1961.
The maximum value is 59.6 occurring in 1986 and 1991.
The title of series 3 is 'Never married.'
The minimum value is 2.7 occurring in 1961.
The maximum value is 31.5 occurring in 2011.
| Year | Widowed | Divorced or separatedFootnote 1 | Never married |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61.5 | 35.8 | 2.7 |
| 1966 | 61.0 | 36.1 | 2.9 |
| 1971 | 46.4 | 45.9 | 7.7 |
| 1976 | 41.2 | 51.9 | 7.0 |
| 1981 | 32.8 | 57.3 | 9.8 |
| 1986 | 26.9 | 59.6 | 13.4 |
| 1991 | 23.0 | 59.6 | 17.4 |
| 1996 | 20.0 | 57.9 | 22.1 |
| 2001 | 20.2 | 52.6 | 27.2 |
| 2006 | 19.0 | 51.5 | 29.5 |
| 2011 | 17.7 | 50.8 | 31.5 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1961 to 2011. | |||
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1961 to 2011.
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