The Vanier Institute of the Family (VIF) is a national non-profit organization and a recognized expert on family issues and family policy.  Their site contains numerous reports related to various aspects of the Canadian Family. 

• Publications List

• Aboriginal Family Trends - Extended Families, Nuclear Families, Families of the Heart
• Connections - Tracking the links between jobs and family
• Conversations on Work and Well-Being
• Families & Food. Winter 2007/08
• Families and the Environment. Spring 2008
• Family Finances
• Contemporary Family Trends
• Did You Know?
• Families and Health
• Family Facts
• Family Resources
• Future Families Project
• Profiling Canada's Families III
• Transition magazine
• Work and Family

The reports above connect to the most recent information available on those topics

• The Future Families Project: A Survey of Canadian Hopes and Dreams
  • This report, though older, contains relevant information