CP NewsAlert: census shows marriage giving way to common-law and same-sex unions

September 19, 2012 - 8:34 AM

OTTAWA - 2011 census shows jump in common-law unions and a sharp increase in same-sex couples as traditional family model gives way to single-parent families and stepfamilies.

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