The table below shows the changes in some household types in Canada from 1984 to 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides data on the proportion of different households in one northern country between 1984 and 2020.

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the percentage of families with dependent kids was the most widely-spread one,

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of these households decreased significantly during the given time period (from more than half to approximately one-third). The next most populated group consists of couples without children, the

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people increased marginally from roughly one-fifth to one-fourth of the total from 1984 to 2020. Probing

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, the proportion of Canadians without couples and lone parents were quite similar and accounted for 6 and 4 per

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respectively in the first year,

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the figures grew up slightly to 11 and 10 per

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in 2004 and reach a peak

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of the period (12 per

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both). The

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of families with independent kids decreased by 2 per

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during the given time period.

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, the

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of couples with dependent and independent children dipped from 1984 to 2020,

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of individuals, families without children and lone parents increased.