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Historic drop in marriages in 2020

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number of marriages, Canada 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 180,000 200,000 220,000 240,000 1921 1930 1939 1948 1957 1966 1975 1984 1993 2002 2011 2020
Source(s):
"Selected Marriage Statistics, 1921-1990", table 39-10-0055-01 and Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232).

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Historic drop in marriages in 2020
  number of marriages, Canada
1921 71,254
1922 65,861
1923 67,820
1924 66,573
1925 66,378
1926 68,378
1927 71,071
1928 76,009
1929 78,977
1930 73,341
1931 68,239
1932 64,141
1933 65,516
1934 75,034
1935 78,908
1936 82,941
1937 89,983
1938 90,709
1939 106,266
1940 125,797
1941 124,644
1942 130,786
1943 113,827
1944 104,656
1945 111,376
1946 137,398
1947 130,400
1948 126,118
1949 124,087
1950 125,083
1951 128,408
1952 128,474
1953 131,034
1954 128,629
1955 128,029
1956 132,713
1957 133,186
1958 131,525
1959 132,474
1960 130,338
1961 128,475
1962 129,381
1963 131,111
1964 138,135
1965 145,519
1966 155,596
1967 165,879
1968 171,766
1969 182,183
1970 188,428
1971 191,324
1972 200,470
1973 199,064
1974 198,824
1975 197,585
1976 193,343
1977 187,344
1978 185,523
1979 187,811
1980 191,069
1981 190,082
1982 188,360
1983 184,675
1984 185,597
1985 184,096
1986 175,518
1987 182,151
1988 187,728
1989 190,640
1990 187,737
1991 172,251
1992 164,574
1993 159,315
1994 159,960
1995 160,251
1996 156,690
1997 153,306
1998 152,820
1999 155,742
2000 157,395
2001 146,619
2002 146,739
2003 147,390
2004 146,241
2005 147,909
2006 150,504
2007 148,956
2008 147,288
2009 146,412
2010 145,512
2011 144,126
2012 147,426
2013 142,944
2014 147,744
2015 149,256
2016 149,037
2017 148,908
2018 150,858
2019 146,121
2020 98,355
Source(s):
"Selected Marriage Statistics, 1921-1990", table 39-10-0055-01 and Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232).
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