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Sustained decline in the crude marriage rate over the past 50 years

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crude marriage rate: number of marriages per 1,000 population, Canada 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1921 1930 1939 1948 1957 1966 1975 1984 1993 2002 2011 2020
Source(s):
"Selected Marriage Statistics, 1921-1990"; Table 39-10-0055-01; Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232) and Estimates of population, by marital status or legal marital status, age and sex for July 1, Canada, provinces and territories (3605).

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Sustained decline in the crude marriage rate over the past 50 years
  crude marriage rate: number of marriages per 1,000 population, Canada
1921 8.1
1922 7.4
1923 7.5
1924 7.3
1925 7.1
1926 7.2
1927 7.4
1928 7.7
1929 7.9
1930 7.2
1931 6.6
1932 6.1
1933 6.2
1934 7.0
1935 7.3
1936 7.6
1937 8.1
1938 8.1
1939 9.4
1940 11.1
1941 10.8
1942 11.2
1943 9.7
1944 8.8
1945 9.2
1946 11.2
1947 10.4
1948 9.8
1949 9.2
1950 9.1
1951 9.2
1952 8.9
1953 8.8
1954 8.4
1955 8.2
1956 8.3
1957 8.0
1958 7.7
1959 7.6
1960 7.3
1961 7.0
1962 7.0
1963 6.9
1964 7.2
1965 7.4
1966 7.8
1967 8.1
1968 8.3
1969 8.7
1970 8.8
1971 8.7
1972 9.0
1973 8.9
1974 8.7
1975 8.5
1976 8.2
1977 7.9
1978 7.7
1979 7.8
1980 7.8
1981 7.7
1982 7.5
1983 7.3
1984 7.2
1985 7.1
1986 6.7
1987 6.9
1988 7.0
1989 7.0
1990 6.8
1991 6.1
1992 5.8
1993 5.6
1994 5.5
1995 5.5
1996 5.3
1997 5.1
1998 5.1
1999 5.1
2000 5.1
2001 4.7
2002 4.7
2003 4.7
2004 4.6
2005 4.6
2006 4.6
2007 4.5
2008 4.4
2009 4.4
2010 4.3
2011 4.2
2012 4.2
2013 4.1
2014 4.2
2015 4.2
2016 4.1
2017 4.1
2018 4.1
2019 3.9
2020 2.6
Source(s):
"Selected Marriage Statistics, 1921-1990"; Table 39-10-0055-01; Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232) and Estimates of population, by marital status or legal marital status, age and sex for July 1, Canada, provinces and territories (3605).
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