muralgirl
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Census Canada 2011: Same-sex marriage, childless couples, common-law couples and lone-parent families on the rise
The sanctity of marriage as the bedrock of the Canadian family is steadily eroding as the country’s social fabric evolves, new census data released Wednesday reveals.
Instead, although married couples are still the norm – about two thirds of families – their numbers are lagging and only increased by 3.1% between 2006 and 2011.
In contrast, the number of common-law couples rose by 13.9% and lone-parent families rose by 8% over the same period.
The shift means that common-law couples now account for 16.7% of all families, and lone-parent families now represent 16.3% of the total.
Meanwhile, in another trend reflective of the changing social landscape, same-sex couples are increasingly settling down together. Notably, the number of same-sex marriages tripled between 2006 and 2011, the first five-year period during which they could legally tie the knot in Canada.Hi, National Post.
1) Fucking obviously, rates of equal marriage will increase. Did you think that when it was legalized seven years ago, it was a one-off event? Everyone who wanted to get married did so at THAT MOMENT! And that it wouldn’t take a while for people to get settled with the idea?
2) Fuck you and your conservative dog-whistling bullshit. Fox News hasn’t opened up here, but you’re doing a fine job spinning this non-story into something that’s going to get outspoken and violent homophobes kicking.
3) I’m really excited for your company to be gutted and liquidated when CanWest ultimately fails.
I think that the “sanctity of marriage” in Canada has never been what it has in the U.S. Throughout my life, I have known many common law couples from all sorts of backgrounds. And I come from a very rural area, and if anything, people care less about marriage than in more urban centres. Sure, lots of people are married, but it’s always struck me as a choice, not a moral imperative. Not many people really gave a shit if anyone else was married or not.
This is just my perspective, though.
(via lostinhistory)
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“ I don’t recall much discussion about the first wave of South Asian migrants who came on the Komagata Maru in 1914, almost all British citizens who were forced to leave because of Canada’s Exclusion Laws. Nor about the history of the Chinese or Japanese migrants (save for the Second World War internment) and their everyday contribution to building the Canadian West.
There was more on black history, but in my days it largely centred on the underground railway that helped bring former slaves to Canada. It was as if their journeys and struggles ended once they came here, which most of us now know wasn’t the case.
And what is the worst part of our limited education about Canada’s aboriginal communities is that we came to see them largely as victims. Nothing more.
”—How not to teach Canadian history - Canada - CBC News (via racismfreeontario)
More like black people ceased to exist at all in Canada after they escaped slavery. At least in the version of high school history I was taught.
At least we learned about the Northwest Resistance from a very pro-Riel perspective. But again, nothing about Metis people in more recent times.
(via espritfollet)
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Here are my (no1curr) thoughts:
I have never met anyone who alternated between French and English, despite living in both Western and Eastern Canada for extended periods of time.
I don’t know what Highway of Heroes is. (Maybe it came out after I left in 2007?)
I have never heard a Canadian say “maths”, unless maybe they were being pretentious/imitating a British person.
Canadians in most of the country tend to not freak out about snow. Snow is normal. You already have a shovel. It’s only here in Michigan that I’ve seen grocery stores completely sold out of milk, eggs, and butter as soon as a big snowfall is predicted.
Most of the country only/primarily sells milk in cartons/jugs. Ontario, you are weird.
(via ladywhalersofthemoon)
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Oh my god. Until approximately 1 minute and 34 seconds ago, I thought that the “Let’s Go to the Mall” video was a real music video from the 80s.
To be fair, it is a really authentic hybrid of Tiffany and Alanis’s 80s videos!!!
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So, the resemblance to actual turkish delight is probably only slight, and the name is terrible, but you can get these in Canada, and they are delicious.
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What do you call a water/drinking fountain?
I call it a bubbler, with a soft r. Isn’t it a cute thing to call it?!
What do you call the directionals in a car? Directional or blinker? I switch between the two. I say directional when inside the car, but blinker when I’m looking at someone else’s car. ”They’ve left their blinker on for five minutes now!”
I would be kidding myself if I said I dropped my R’s very often. That’s a rare thing. I just don’t emphasize my R’s super hard. They’re soft, but they’re there.
I have literally never in my life until right now heard anyone call the turn signal a directional. I am like, in shock. Is this a real thing? DIRCETIONAL? I never even heard blinker until I went to Oregon. I’ve always called it a turn signal.
/east tennessee hillbilly reporting for duty.
In Canada (at least the parts I am familiar with:) Water fountain/drinking fountain. Turn signal or just signal. Never heard of “directional” before either!
(via that1girlsierra)
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Conservatives to change civil marriage law Canada has to update its civil marriage law to recognize gay unions for couples who live outside the country, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Friday.
(For those who were worried yesterday.)
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Same-sex marriage not being reopened, Harper says Well, good.
But it might be a good idea for foreigners who want to get married not to come to Canada to do it, since if you do, you might not be able to get divorced.
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lalie replied to your post: Watching Fraggles Christmas specialDon’t give Fox any more ammo against the Muppets right now! What are you doing?!
MAYBE FOX IS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!
Or maybe I am an evil Canadian, and I am plotting to get the Republicans to win the next election, so that all the awesome Americans who threaten to defect to Canada will join us there!
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Also the Fraggles have such Canadian accents
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I can’t wait to go home so my sister can make me Caesars.
The Bloody Mary’s weirder and more delicious Canadian cousin.
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UGG elevator.
(via lostinhistory)
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This is a really sad story, but decent, respectful reporting, I think. “Winnipeg sex worker slain in Toronto mourned”
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THAT IS THE BEST ICE CREAM.
But I think it’s just a Canadian thing? But the box says PA, so maybe it used to exist in the US, but no longer does? I asked tumblr about it once, and no one knew about it.
Nommmmmm.
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The comments on the Attawapiskat article are atrocious, as I guess I should have expected.
America does not have a monopoly on bootstraps assholes.
It’s all, “No one is forcing them to live there! They should move! But they don’t want to, because then they would have to work!” And, “My ancestors came to Canada with nothing blah blah blah.”
It makes me sick.
Like, even if the people making these comments weren’t totally vicious, the lack of basic reasoning is astounding. These people can’t afford running water. How are they going to be able to move from Northern Ontario to these cities that are supposedly overflowing with jobs and housing? How are they going to be employable when there isn’t even an elementary school in their community? How many racist asshats like these commenters would deny them employment even if they managed to overcome those obstacles?
People are terrible.
