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Canada is #1 in the G7: Common Law Marriage - 6CR #162

23% of Canada marriages are classified as common law, and this ranks fourth for all countries but first in the G7. Darnell & Joel engage in a conversation regarding the Statistics Canada report and address the following:

• Common law vs marriage
• In Quebec 43% of marriages are common law
• Gender diversity data

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Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

Related Episodes: #107 & #4

References:

State of the union: Canada leads the G7 with nearly one-quarter of couples living common law, driven by Quebec

Common-law couples on the rise, Statistics Canada data show

Infographic 3 - Canada has the highest proportion of couples living common law among G7 countries

Infographic 5 - Common-law couples are most prevalent in the territories and Quebec, less so in Ontario and the Prairies

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Stats That Don't Count: Decoding "Canada’s Colour Coded Income Inequality" with Economist Stefan Dindayal - 6CR #65

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a report titled "Canada’s Colour Coded Income Inequality" on Dec 9th, 2019. Darnell and Joel are joined by economist Stefan Dindayal to discuss what we can and cannot learn from this study. Their conversation addresses the following:

• Stefan's background
• Data presented in the report
• Controlling for cause and effect relationships
• Biases influence on statistical research
• How to design good statistical studies
• Interesting data points in the study
• Solutions proposed and alternatives

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References:

CCPA's Published Study: Canada’s Colour Coded Income Inequality

CCPA's twitter: @CCPA

CCPA'S blog on the study: By the numbers: Race, gender and the Canadian labour market

"racialized" definition

Stefan Dindayal contact info:

Twitter: @stefanDecondon

IG: @stefandecondon

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Canadian Census Data #MoreCanadians - 6CR #4

The 2016 Canadian Census Data on families, households and marital status was released on August 2, 2017. Darnell and Joel discuss the trends in Canada's population characteristics. 

Census Data:

Families, households and marital status

All 2016 Canadian Census Data, Release dates

Reference Articles:

Census 2016: More Canadians than ever are living alone, and other takeaways

More Canadians living alone and without children, census figures show

The world in 2076: The population bomb has imploded

More Canadians living alone than ever before as family life undergoes seismic shifts: census

Tweet Referenced:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/882939670895755264

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