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Proportion of newly initiated and ongoing family law cases, 2014/2015 to 2024/2025

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% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2014/2015 2016/2017 2018/2019 2020/2021 2022/2023 2024/2025 Newly initiated family law casesNewly initiated family law cases Ongoing family law casesOngoing family law cases
Note(s):
The Civil Court Survey (CCS) includes data from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. This chart excludes data from Saskatchewan because of data availability. Criminal court cases are out of scope for this survey. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Fiscal years reported in the CCS are from April 1 to March 31.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).

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Proportion of newly initiated and ongoing family law cases, 2014/2015 to 2024/2025, %
  Newly initiated family law cases Ongoing family law cases
2014/2015 51 49
2015/2016 51 49
2016/2017 51 49
2017/2018 50 50
2018/2019 48 52
2019/2020 48 52
2020/2021 46 54
2021/2022 45 55
2022/2023 43 57
2023/2024 44 56
2024/2025 39 61
Note(s):
The Civil Court Survey (CCS) includes data from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. This chart excludes data from Saskatchewan because of data availability. Criminal court cases are out of scope for this survey. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Fiscal years reported in the CCS are from April 1 to March 31.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).
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