Between Muslims and Christians, parallel family structures materialize in which women are subordinated to the male breadwinner’s dominance, power, and influence. Studies primarily consist of majority Muslim respondents, yet, Christians amongst them express similar norms and ideals. Coptic Orthodox Christians in Montreal continue to cling to a prominent leader’s warning: marrying a non-Copt, non-Egyptian divides the family and stresses that Canadian culture is incompatible with Egyptian culture.