1976 Census of Population [Canada] Public Use Microdata File (PUMF): Family File

The Family file gives detailed information on the husband or male lone parent and the wife or female lone parent in the census family as well as grouped data on the other members of the family. A record, when dealing with the Family file, refers to data on one family unit. A census family consists of a husband and wife (with or without children who have nevered married, regardless of age) or a lone parent, regardless of marital status, with one or more children (who have never married, regardless of age) living in the same dwelling.