CLA 1101 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, French Third Republic, Eastern Bloc

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1101
• Professor: David Sacks

Document Summary

Variety of legal definitions exist, but often change as result of court cases and legislation. Statistics canada (census family) : married couple with children; common law couple with children; single parent with child. Children"s aid society of toronto; anyone with a meaningful relationship to a child. 1981: first year data are available for common-law unions. 2001: same-sex common-law couples are first counted. The census family concept is broadened to include: Children in census family who were previously married. Skip-generation families (grandparents and grandchildren in the same dwelling without the presence of a middle-generation parent) A child and his/her lone parent (middle generation) living in a three- generation household. Prior to 2001, the two older generations would have formed a census family. 2006: same-sex married couples are first counted, following the legalization of same-sex marriage across canada in 2005. 2011: coupled with children can be classified as intact families or stepfamilies.