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Faster decline of marriage rates among divorced persons than among never-married persons

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marriage rate 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 Total – UnmarriedTotal – Unmarried Never marriedNever married WidowedWidowed DivorcedDivorced
Note(s):
Number of persons who married per 1,000 unmarried persons with the same marital status, population aged 15 and older, Canada. Since the marital status of people who marry is not available for Nunavut after 2008, values for Canada do not include Nunavut after that year.
Source(s):
Table 39-10-0057-01, 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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Faster decline of marriage rates among divorced persons than among never-married persons, marriage rate
  Total – Unmarried Never married Widowed Divorced
1991 35.2 37.8 6.9 51.6
1992 32.9 35.3 6.7 47.5
1993 31.1 33.5 6.3 44.3
1994 30.6 32.9 6.2 42.6
1995 29.9 32.1 6.1 41.4
1996 28.5 30.4 6.2 39.7
1997 27.3 29.1 5.9 37.8
1998 26.8 28.4 5.7 37.1
1999 26.7 28.4 5.6 37.0
2000 26.4 27.7 5.8 37.5
2001 24.0 25.3 5.5 33.5
2002 23.6 24.8 5.3 32.5
2003 23.2 24.4 5.3 31.8
2004 22.6 23.9 5.1 30.0
2005 22.4 23.6 5.1 29.9
2006 22.3 23.6 4.9 29.3
2007 21.7 22.9 4.6 28.4
2008 21.0 22.4 4.4 26.6
2009 20.5 21.9 4.2 25.6
2010 20.0 21.4 4.1 24.5
2011 19.5 20.9 4.0 23.5
2012 19.6 21.1 3.9 23.9
2013 18.8 20.3 3.7 22.4
2014 19.2 20.8 3.7 22.5
2015 19.2 20.8 3.6 22.6
2016 18.9 20.5 3.5 21.8
2017 18.6 20.4 3.4 21.2
2018 18.6 20.5 3.3 21.0
2019 17.8 19.7 3.1 19.6
2020 11.8 13.2 2.0 12.7
Note(s):
Number of persons who married per 1,000 unmarried persons with the same marital status, population aged 15 and older, Canada. Since the marital status of people who marry is not available for Nunavut after 2008, values for Canada do not include Nunavut after that year.
Source(s):
Table 39-10-0057-01, 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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