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  • 1. Study: The duration of first unions: A comparative analysis between landed immigrants and Canadian-born individuals
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202407137746
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-11
  • 2. The duration of first unions: A comparative analysis between landed immigrants and Canadian-born individuals
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024001
    Description: Based on data from the 2017 General Social Survey on family, this article examines the timing and risk of dissolution of first unions in Canada. This is a comparative analysis by sex and landed immigrant status which focuses on people who were aged 20 and over at the time of the survey and who had already been in a couple, marriage or common-law union, at least once.
    Release date: 2024-03-11
  • 3. Distribution of income between married spouses or common-law partners by characteristics of couples: Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts
    Table: 98-10-0083-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Married spouses or common-law partners in private households, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Couples by distribution of income between married spouses or common-law partners (47), Presence of children 0 to 17 in census family (5), Characteristics of couple (19)
    Description: Distribution of income between married spouses or common-law partners and characteristics of couples, including presence of children for married spouses or common-law partners.
    Release date: 2023-11-15
  • 4. Distribution of income between married spouses or common-law partners by characteristics of couples including gender diversity status of couple family: Canada
    Table: 98-10-0084-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Married spouses or common-law partners in private households, 2021 Census — 100% data
    Variable list: Couples by distribution of income between married spouses or common-law partners (68), Gender diversity status of couple family (7), Presence of children 0 to 17 in census family (5), Characteristics of couple (19)
    Description: Distribution of income between married spouses or common-law partners by characteristics of couples, including gender diversity status of couples and presence of children for married spouses or common-law partners.
    Release date: 2023-11-15
  • 5. Family matters: Disagreements within couples during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023003
    Description:

    This infographic presents findings on changes in the frequency of disagreements within couples since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also included are findings on the prevalence of disagreements within couples regarding decisions related to the ongoing pandemic situation. Data come from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey - Well-being and Family Relationships.

    Release date: 2023-01-11
  • 6. Census Profile
    Profile of a community or region: 98-316-X
    Description:

    This product presents information from the Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts. Data are from the Census of Population and include characteristics for: population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status, language, income, education and labour as examples.

    Release date: 2022-12-15
  • 7. Number of marriages and nuptiality indicators
    Table: 39-10-0055-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of marriages and various nuptiality indicators (crude marriage rate, number of marriages of different-gender or same-gender couples [when available], total first-marriage rate and probability of ever marrying according to the first-marriage table), by place of occurrence, 1991 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2022-11-14
  • 8. “I don’t”: Historic decline in new marriages during the first year of the pandemic
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202231831505
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-11-14
  • 9. Number of divorces and divorce indicators
    Table: 39-10-0051-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of divorces and various divorce indicators (crude divorce rate, divorce rate for married persons, age-standardized divorce rate, total divorce rate, mean and median duration of marriage, median duration of divorce proceedings, percentage of joint divorce applications), by place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2022-11-14
  • 10. Number of divorces and divorce rate per 1,000 marriages, by duration of marriage
    Table: 39-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of divorces and divorce rate per 1,000 marriages, by duration of marriage and place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2022-11-14
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  • 51. Changing Conjugal Life in Canada Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 89-576-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The increasing popularity of common-law unions is transforming family life in Canada, according to new data from the 2001 General Social Survey. Over the past 30 years, common-law unions have become more and more popular, especially in Quebec and among younger women in other provinces.

    Although younger women are more likely to start their conjugal life by living common law, most will eventually marry. First common-law unions are twice as likely to end in separation as first marriages. What is more, a growing proportion of women have experienced at least two unions, and the likelihood of choosing a common-law relationship over marriage for the second union is also increasing. The analysis shows that the trends observed in the formation and break-up of unions apply equally to men and women. Since men are on average older than women when they start their conjugal life, they tend to experience the events at an older age.

    Release date: 2002-07-11
  • 52. Spousal violence after marital separation Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X20010078393
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Research studies have found a connection between spousal violence and separation, particularly for women. Using data from the 1999 General Social Survey, the 1993 Violence Against Women Survey, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Homicide Survey, this Juristat investigates the prevalence, nature and severity of violence that occurs following the breakdown of a marital union.

    Release date: 2001-06-28
  • 53. The changing face of conjugal relationships Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X19990044910
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article looks at how the types of conjugal unions women enter have changed, it examines whether starting life together in a common-law union influences the chances of the relationship breaking up.

    Release date: 2000-03-16
  • 54. In sickness and in health: the well-being of married seniors Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X19990034790
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article compares some selected indicators of psychological and social well-being for married seniors in poor health with those for seniors in good health. It also examines whether the well-being of partners is affected by their spouse's health.

    Release date: 1999-12-09
  • 55. Working together - self-employed couples Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19990044753
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article notes the growing incidence of self-employment among dual-earner couples and compares their characteristics with those of couples who have paid jobs. It also looks at the occupations and businesses of self-employed couples who co-own a business.

    Release date: 1999-12-01
  • 56. Death and Divorce: The Long-term Consequences of Parental Loss on Adolescents Archived
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M1999135
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Two quasi-experiments are used to estimate the impact of parental divorce on the adult incomes and labour market behaviour of adolescents, as well as on their use of social programs, and their marital/fertility behaviour. These involve the use of individuals experiencing the death of a parent, and legislative changes to the Canadian divorce law in 1986. Parental loss by death is assumed to be exogenous; the experiences of children with a bereaved background offering a benchmark to assess the endogeneity of parental loss through divorce. Differences between individuals with divorced parents and those from intact and bereaved families significantly overstate the impact of divorce across a broad range of outcomes. When background characteristics are controlled for-most notably the income and labour market activity of parents in the years leading up to the divorce-parental divorce seems to influence the marital and fertility decisions of children, but not their labour market outcomes. Adolescents whose parents divorced tend to put off marriage, and once married suffer a greater likelihood of marital instability, but their earnings and incomes are not on average much different from others.

    Release date: 1999-06-09
  • 57. Why Do Children Move into and out of Low Income: Changing Labour Market Conditions or Marriage and Divorce Archived
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M1999132
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Child poverty is high on the government's agenda. In order to reduce the rate of low-income among children, one has to either reduce the number of children flowing into low-income, or increase the number flowing out. But what is behind such movement? Most analysts would immediately think of job loss among the parents, but obviously divorce and remarriage can also play a role. In order to favourably alter the flows, one has to have some understanding of what is driving them. This paper asks to what extent this movement of children is determined by (1) changes in family status of the parents of children, or (2) changes in the parent's labour market conditions (i.e. job loss and gain, changes in hours of work or wages). We find that for an individual child, a divorce or marriage can have a tremendous influence on the likelihood of entering or exiting low-income. At the level of the individual, changes in family composition (when they occur) are more important than changes in jobs held by parents. However, changes in family status are relatively infrequent compared to labour market changes. Parents are much more likely to lose or find jobs, and experience changes in hours worked or wages, than they are to marry or divorce. When this is accounted for we find that, in the aggregate, flows of children into and out of low income are associated roughly equally with family compositional changes and changes in wages and hours worked.

    Release date: 1999-04-21
  • 58. Economic Circumstances and the Stability of Nonmarital Cohabitation Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M1998010
    Description:

    This paper examines the role of economic circumstances in the dissolution of marriage or common-law unions. It uses 1993 and 1994 data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).

    Release date: 1998-12-30
  • 59. Religious observance, marriage and family Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X19980023922
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines the relationship between attendance at religious services and overall well-being, health and marital behaviour, and the attitudes of Canadians toward children, marriage and family relationships.

    Release date: 1998-09-15
  • 60. Income after separation - people without children Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980023826
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study examines changes in the income of separated persons with no children under 18 at home at the time of the breakup. It also compares their sources of income before and after separation. This complements a previous study profiling couples who had children at home when they separated.

    Release date: 1998-06-25
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  • 1. Gender diversity status of couples: New information in the 2021 Census
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012021002
    Description: This fact sheet provides a concise description of the context and definitions related to a new concept, the gender diversity status of couples. Data and analysis on gender diversity status of couples will be available in the July 13, 2022 census release as part of the theme of families, households and marital status.
    Release date: 2022-06-14
  • 2. Age, Sex, Marital Status and Common-law Status, 2001 Census Technical Report (Reference Products: 2001 Census) Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 92-380-X
    Description:

    This report focuses on five demographic variables: date of birth, age, sex, marital status and common-law status. The report describes how the data were collected, verified, processed, edited and imputed. The final section covers how the data were evaluated.

    Release date: 2003-10-28
  • 3. Vital Statistics - Marriage Database
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3232
    Description: This is an administrative survey that collects demographic information annually from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all marriages in Canada.
  • 4. Census of Population
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3901
    Description: The census provides a detailed statistical portrait of Canada and its people by their demographic, social and economic characteristics. This information is important for communities and is vital for planning services such as child care, schooling, family services, and skills training for employment.
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