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Table 4
Distribution (number and percentage) of couple families with children by stepfamily status, Canada, 2011

Table 4
 Distribution (number and percentage) of couple families with children by stepfamily status, Canada, 2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of  distribution (number and percentage) of couple families with children by stepfamily status. The information is grouped by couple family with children (appearing as row headers), number and percentage (appearing as column headers).
Couple family with childrenFootnote 1 Number Percentage
All couple families with children 3,684,675 100.0
Intact familiesFootnote 2 3,220,340 87.4
Stepfamilies 464,335 12.6
Simple stepfamilies 271,930 7.4
Complex stepfamilies 192,410 5.2
Families with child(ren) of both parents and child(ren) of one parent only 149,365 4.1
Families with child(ren) of each parent only and no children of both parents 35,765 1.0
Families with child(ren) of both parents and child(ren) of each parent only 7,275 0.2

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011.
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