Only-child families were the single most common type of family in 2021, according to Statistics Canada, becoming increasingly visible throughout the global pandemic
“Just like we rethought what our working lives could look like, people also rethought what their family lives could look like. A lot of women left the work force during the pandemic. It brought to light the inequities of childcare between men and women. It’s in those times that we can take a good hard look at our lives and think about what we want,” Ms. Shechter said.
In Canada, births have been trending downward for decades, experts note, most dramatically after the legalization of contraception in 1969 and the introduction of year-long paid parental leave in 2000. “I’d hazard we will see neither a baby boom nor a baby bust, outside of the immigration effect,” Prof. Tedds said. “We are still waiting on another year of data to be sure.”
Many in her online community question how families do it all with two, three or four children. “How are they mentally well, financially well, physically well, and able to handle the complexities of multiple little humans at a time?” asked Ms. Dalton, who works in marketing. “I would like to think that each successive generation is more open-minded and less caught up in ‘the one true path,’” she said.
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