The number of children born to unmarried parents has increased.Which group had the greatest increase in such births?

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Common-law partners had the greatest increase in births to unmarried parents. In Canada, common-law partners are defined as two people who have lived together for at least one year or have a child together and are in a conjugal relationship. According to Statistics Canada, between 2006 and 2016, the proportion of births to unmarried common-law partners increased from 16.5% to 21.2%. This represents a 28.5% increase in the share of births to unmarried common-law partners. Meanwhile, births to unmarried teen mothers decreased and births to unmarried women over 35 increased only slightly. There is also no data available on births to unmarried divorced women specifically.

The Number of Children Born to Unmarried Parents Has Increased