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Table 5.5 Type of Custody by Province/Territory
| Type of custody | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province/ Territory |
Sole-Mother | Sole-Father | Shared | Split | Other | Missing | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Newfoundland (n=342) | 275 | 80.4 | 10 | 2.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 13 | 3.8 | 3 | 0.9 | 20 | 5.8 |
|
Prince Edward Island
(n=532) |
389 | 73.1 | 39 | 7.3 | 46 | 8.6 | 28 | 5.3 | 5 | 0.9 | 25 | 4.7 |
| Nova Scotia (n=2,156) | 1,657 | 76.9 | 144 | 6.7 | 67 | 3.1 | 126 | 5.8 | 21 | 1.0 | 141 | 6.5 |
| New Brunswick (n=1,868) | 1,330 | 71.2 | 187 | 10.0 | 100 | 5.4 | 125 | 6.7 | 9 | 0.5 | 117 | 6.3 |
|
Ontario
(n=10,346) |
7,977 | 77.1 | 898 | 8.7 | 708 | 6.8 | 377 | 3.6 | 152 | 1.5 | 234 | 2.3 |
| Manitoba (n=2,402) | 1,871 | 77.9 | 147 | 6.1 | 44 | 1.8 | 85 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 253 | 10.5 |
| Saskatchewan (n=1,406) | 1,053 | 74.9 | 80 | 5.7 | 53 | 3.8 | 66 | 4.7 | 5 | 0.4 | 149 | 10.6 |
|
Alberta
(n=12,406) |
8,993 | 72.5 | 1,097 | 8.8 | 801 | 6.5 | 700 | 5.6 | 36 | 0.3 | 779 | 6.3 |
| British Columbia (n=1,427) | 1,057 | 74.1 | 103 | 7.2 | 70 | 4.9 | 48 | 3.4 | 13 | 0.9 | 136 | 9.5 |
|
Yukon
(n=209) |
147 | 70.3 | 20 | 9.6 | 22 | 10.5 | 9 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 10 | 4.8 |
| Northwest Territories (n=146) | 104 | 71.2 | 10 | 6.8 | 8 | 5.5 | 6 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 12.3 |
|
All sites
(n=33,240) |
24,853 | 74.8 | 2,735 | 8.2 | 1,940 | 5.8 | 1,583 | 4.8 | 247 | 0.7 | 1,882 | 5.7 |
Source of data: Survey of Child Support Awards; January 31, 2002 version.
