We address how social policies and cultural context impact the association of marital status with parental work-life balance satisfaction. To accomplish this goal, we examine how this association differs between the francophone province of Quebec and the Rest of Canada (all other provinces combined), as these regions have distinct cultures and family-related social policies. The study uses a sample of 15,870 working parents with at least one dependent child from the Canadian General Social Surveys of 2010 to 2016. Using multivariate regression, we compare satisfaction with their work-life balance among cohabiting, divorced, and single parents with that of their married counterparts. The results indicate significant work-life balance satisfaction advantages for married mothers across Canada, except in the province of Quebec. For fathers, no consistent marital status-related gap is found, regardless of the region of residence. Various implications are discussed, and venues for further research are proposed.

我们探讨了社会政策和文化背景如何影响婚姻状况与父母工作与生活平衡满意度之间的联系。为了实现这一目标，我们研究了魁北克的法语省和加拿大其他地区（所有其他省的总和）之间的联系如何不同，因为这些地区具有独特的文化和与家庭相关的社会政策。该研究使用了2010年至2016年加拿大一般社会调查中的15,870个在职父母和至少一个受抚养子女的样本。使用多元回归，我们比较了他们对同居，离婚和单亲父母的工作生活平衡的满意度他们已婚的同行。结果表明，除魁北克省外，加拿大各地已婚母亲在工作与生活平衡方面都具有明显的优势。对于父亲来说 无论居住地区如何，均未发现与婚姻状况相关的持续差距。讨论了各种含义，并提出了进一步研究的场所。