More and more Canadian women are the breadwinners in their families — but there’s a catch.

Women’s contributions to family income have increased over the last 30 years, coinciding with their growth in the labour market, notes a recent report from the Vanier Institute of the Family.

And Statistics Canada data analyzed by the independent national think-tank shows that women provide more than 50 per cent of total family income in a growing share of husband-wife families, compared to one-third in 2022, and one-quarter in