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By the numbers

Support closer to home

If you are raising kids on your own, you are far from alone. Here is what Statistics Canada counts across the country, in Alberta, and right here in Calgary.

1 in 6

Canadian families is a one-parent family (16.8% of 11M census families, July 1, 2024).

  • One-parent families in Canada

    1,865,000

    July 1, 2025 estimate

  • One-parent families in Alberta

    206,891

    July 1, 2025 estimate

  • One-parent families in Calgary

    52,170

    Statistics Canada

  • Calgary children in one-parent families

    80,495

    Statistics Canada

Alberta is growing about twice as fast

One-parent families since 2021, shown as percent change from 2021. Alberta +11.0%, Canada +5.3%.

  • Canada
  • Alberta
0%5%10%15%20212022202320242025YearGrowth since 2021 (%)Canada +5.3%Alberta +11.0%

One-parent families in Alberta

Estimates on July 1, 2021 to 2025.

0100K200K300K20212022202320242025206,891

Who leads one-parent families

Share of one-parent families in Canada, 2021 Census.

  • Led by women
  • Led by men
  • One-parent families
  • Couple families

Mothers led 81.2% of the 268,170 one-parent families with young children. About 2.6M children, or 25% of children in census families, lived in a one-parent family (2021 Census).

Show the data table
July 1Canada, one-parentCanada, all familiesAlberta, one-parentAlberta, all families
20211,771,39810,334,973186,4611,173,845
20221,790,17610,488,748189,8131,191,550
20231,814,47910,716,184194,9901,235,764
20241,853,25511,011,839201,7111,295,704
20251,865,00011,111,244206,8911,323,571

Sources

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