The pie chart gives information about how Canadian famillies paired with their children are distributed by their state of employment across Canada from 1976 to 2014.
Overall, throughout a 39-year period it is clear that dual-earner couples occupy the highest rate of employment, whereas couples where the father is the only one charged in work falls in the second place. In contrast, couples with mothers being the only one employed are the lowest proportion.
In terms of the top three employed households amongst Canada, it is clear that families with both working couples reached the peak with a percentage of 55% in 2014 after maintaining its high rate of 33% in 1976. Nevertheless, familes where the father is the only employed one declined dramatically to 17% in 2014 after being at its highest level of 51% in 1976. Despite all that, it remained the second most employed category, being 1% above the third place. Regarding the third highest place amongst the last three categories, households which are solely headed by mothers increased significantlly to 16% in the 39th year after standing at only 8% in 1976
On the other hand, families lead by employed fathers only faced a slight increase to 4% in 2014 after being at its lowest level of only 1%, whereas unemployed couples had a slight decline over time to 3% in 2014 after staying at 5% in 1976. Couples where the mother was the one who earns have increased steadily to 5% in 2014 after remaining at 2% in 1976.