Table 2-3
Live births, by geography — Marital status of mother

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Marital status of mother
Place of residence of mother Marital status of mother
Total Single (never married) Married Widowed Divorced Separated Not stated
  number
Canada 377,886 102,775 228,541 213 3,658 1,326 41,373
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,898 2,266 2,489 3 71 42 27
Prince Edward Island 1,483 579 621 0 10 0 273
Nova Scotia 9,188 3,997 5,055 4 79 2 51
New Brunswick 7,402 3,322 3,752 12 139 156 21
Quebec 87,870 53,220 32,541 74 1,285 247 503
Ontario 140,791 18,010 101,642 59 933 6 20,141
Manitoba 15,485 6,076 8,910 20 248 195 36
Saskatchewan 13,737 5,736 7,216 13 225 3 544
Alberta 1 50,856 219 35,470 0 14 0 15,153
British Columbia 44,276 8,172 30,231 26 635 666 4,546
Yukon 373 164 187 0 9 1 12
Northwest Territories 721 376 297 1 7 6 34
Nunavut 805 637 130 1 3 2 32
Unknown 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
  percent
Canada 100.0 27.2 60.5 0.1 1.0 0.4 10.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 100.0 46.3 50.8 0.1 1.4 0.9 0.6
Prince Edward Island 100.0 39.0 41.9 0.0 0.7 0.0 18.4
Nova Scotia 100.0 43.5 55.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.6
New Brunswick 100.0 44.9 50.7 0.2 1.9 2.1 0.3
Quebec 100.0 60.6 37.0 0.1 1.5 0.3 0.6
Ontario 100.0 12.8 72.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 14.3
Manitoba 100.0 39.2 57.5 0.1 1.6 1.3 0.2
Saskatchewan 100.0 41.8 52.5 0.1 1.6 0.0 4.0
Alberta 1 100.0 0.4 69.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.8
British Columbia 100.0 18.5 68.3 0.1 1.4 1.5 10.3
Yukon 100.0 44.0 50.1 0.0 2.4 0.3 3.2
Northwest Territories 100.0 52.1 41.2 0.1 1.0 0.8 4.7
Nunavut 100.0 79.1 16.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 4.0
Unknown 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1.
Partway through 2003, Alberta Registries amended their Registration of Birth form in such a way that Statistics Canada can no longer determine the legal marital status of those persons in common-law marriages.
Note(s):
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4506).