In 2011, 80% of lone-parent families headed by a woman

Lone-parent families generally have fewer children

As a group, today’s lone-parents are older and better educated than in the past

50% of lone parents in Canada are divorced

Lone-parent families more frequent among visible minorities (Canadian born and foreign)

Indigenous families more likely than others to be lone-parented (34.4% of Indigenous children vs 17.4% of all Canadian children)

Becoming a lone parent may be the result of

There has been an increase in lone parenthood because of

The age of the single parent is important to the experience of single parenthood

Some older women choose to have a child on their own because they are

The disparity between female lone-parent households and male lone-parent households is shrinking

Single mothers are more likely than others to live in low-income areas and face prejudice as a result

Men tend to become single parents in middle and late years of life cycle

Children of lone-parent fathers tend to be older

Children raised in lone-parent families often receive less parental supervision, and especially that which might be provided by fathers

When comparing lone parent children and children from two parent families, lone parent children are at risk of