Table 3
Events in active divorce cases by type of event, 2008/2009

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Type of event Province and territory1
Nova Scotia Ontario2 British Columbia Yukon3 Northwest Territories Nunavut4 Total
number
Total process events 51,850 342,187 191,525 1,901 1,103 428 588,994
Document filing
 48,186 253,681 160,690 1,777 1,011 372 465,717
Pre-trial hearing4, 5
 1,241 32,011 7,923 50 89 2 41,316
Adjournment
 587 16,430 20,163 66 0 0 37,246
Trial hearing2
124 31,827 1,323 1 1 0 33,276
Other process event6
 1,712 8,238 1,426 7 2 54 11,439
Total disposition events 6,962 91,854 32,179 263 55 91 131,404
Settled by parties3
 67 12 151 0 1 0 231
Withdrawn/abandoned
 126 506 84 15 1 15 747
Dismissed/discontinued
 4 2,070 702 . 1 0 2,777
Consent judgment
 149 4,408 3,136 42 0 . 7,735
Judgment
 6,016 82,771 28,044 205 52 76 117,164
Other disposition event7
 600 2,087 62 1 0 0 2,750
Total events 58,812 434,041 223,704 2,164 1,158 519 720,398
Total active cases 5,407 54,972 21,955 225 135 50 82,744
  percent
Total process events 88 79 86 88 95 82 82
Document filing
 82 58 72 82 87 72 65
Pre-trial hearing4, 5
 2 7 4 2 8 0 6
Adjournment
 1 4 9 3 0 0 5
Trial hearing2
 0 7 1 0 0 0 5
Other process event6
 3 2 1 0 0 10 2
Total disposition events 12 21 14 12 5 18 18
Settled by parties3
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Withdrawn/abandoned
 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Dismissed/discontinued
 0 0 0 ... 0 0 0
Consent judgment
 0 1 1 2 0 ... 1
Judgment
 10 19 13 9 4 15 16
Other disposition event7
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total events 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1. Data for Alberta for the vast majority of these event categories are not available, therefore Alberta has been excluded from this table.
2. Ontario figures include trial hearings for uncontested divorces. An uncontested trial is a trial in which only the party making the claim provides evidence and submissions.
3. In the Yukon, most matters settled by parties are included under "Consent judgment".
4. Pre-trial hearing events in Nunavut are under-represented due to limited data entry in the Nunavut civil information system.
5. Pre-trial hearing includes: pre-trial hearing or conference, case management conference, discovery proceedings, motion/application/default hearing, status and reference hearings.
6. Other process event includes: Referral to Alternative Dispute Resolution or court-based assistance services, trial ready, enforcement hearing, appeal hearing, other and unknown hearing/conference.
7. Other disposition event includes: default and enforcement judgment, time limit expired, transferred to another court, other and unknown disposition event.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey.
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