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The family is an institution in Canadian society that has constantly been subject to many challenges and changes. Change becomes an inevitable force when concerning the family. It is evident in the past and shows no signs of stoppage in the future. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries families in Canada have difficulty endured the negative changes such as the great depression, and steadily adapted to the positive ones like the phenomenal technological innovations. The family itself is a complex matter, but change in the family and the factors that attribute to it make it a much more intricate issue. The complexity of change is what allows the family to be such a dynamic and influential institution in society. The family in Canada has progressed through significant change which have occurred due to the alteration of the traditional family structure because of changing roles and patterns, the influx of industrialization and technology, and the role mass media and pop culture play in developing familial culture.

The roles individuals play within a family are instrumental to the structure of a family. They allow the functioning of a family to become more organized, decide who has authority, and differentiate which obligations, rights, and privileges each family member holds. Over the last century traditional roles of women and children have been dramatically altered. There has been a fundamental change in the way women and children function in society. In the past, a woman’s value to society and her family was determined by her ability to reproduce and adhere to the physical and emotional needs of her husband and children. Men were considered the breadwinners who did the bulk of providing for the family. As a result, women were tre...

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...vailing assumptions about the family. These changes have brought about a more complex way of thinking about families. Changing the way we think about families is necessary because families in Canada are also changing rapidly. Families are the same, but in many ways they are different. The family is a functional requisite in society, without it, society would not be able to function and now that the Canadian family is more diverse than ever it is important to understand how they function. What has been revealed is that change does not always have to be taken as solely good or bad, but instead, has the ability to open new doors, bring about new discoveries and create opportunities that no one could have ever imagined. Sometimes these changes are for the better and sometimes they are for the worse; but the one attribute about change is that it is a form of progress.