The Code contains two grounds that protect people in couples: marital status and marital status. “Marital status” is defined in section 10 of the Code as “the status of marriage, single, widow, divorce or separation, and includes the status of cohabitation with a person in a conjugal relationship outside marriage,” including same-sex and opposite-sex relationships. “Marital status” is defined as “the status of being in a parent-child relationship.” It can also mean a “type” of parent-child relationship that involves a range of circumstances without blood or adoption ties, but with similar relationships of care, responsibility, and obligation. The grounds for marital status and marital status overlap to cover a range of family forms, including lone-parent and mixed families, as well as families where parents live common-law.