Table 2
Family court cases, by type of case, selected provinces and territories, 2009/2010
| Province or territory1 | Type of active family court case2 | Total active cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divorce | Other family breakdown (non-divorce)3 | Other4 | Unknown | ||
| number | |||||
| Nova Scotia | 5,500 | 2,816 | 7,000 | 1 | 15,317 |
| Ontario | 53,452 | 54,370 | 61,705 | 81 | 169,608 |
| Alberta | 29,343 | 25,227 | 16,639 | 2,126 | 73,335 |
| British Columbia | 22,915 | 27,307 | 7,383 | 10,927 | 68,532 |
| Yukon | 240 | 105 | 245 | 0 | 590 |
| Northwest Territories | 137 | 175 | 110 | 602 | 1,024 |
| Nunavut | 39 | 189 | 617 | 0 | 845 |
| Total | 111,626 | 110,189 | 93,699 | 13,737 | 329,251 |
| percent | |||||
| Nova Scotia | 36 | 18 | 46 | … | 100 |
| Ontario | 32 | 32 | 36 | … | 100 |
| Alberta | 41 | 35 | 23 | … | 100 |
| British Columbia | 40 | 47 | 13 | … | 100 |
| Yukon | 41 | 18 | 42 | … | 100 |
| Northwest Territories | 32 | 41 | 26 | … | 100 |
| Nunavut | 5 | 22 | 73 | … | 100 |
| Total | 35 | 35 | 30 | … | 100 |
| ... not applicable 1. Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan due to the unavailability of data. 2. Refers to family court cases that had activity or were initiated during the year. Information on the issues involved in active family cases has been derived from activity over the life of the case. 3. Refers to cases that addressed issues of custody, access, support or division of property outside of a divorce proceeding such as cases of separation or those deciding arrangements for a child born outside a union. Additionally, the category includes cases that may also have involved other issues, such as child protection, civil protection or guardianship. 4. Includes, for example, cases involving adoption, child protection, civil protection, enforcement of an existing order and those categorized as "other family". Cases involving only "other family" matters represent 49% of this category. Note: Information related to separation, custody, access, support (child and/or spousal and/or other) and/or division of property may be under reported due to data limitations. Some cases under the "Other" or "Unknown" categories may have involved these issues, but they have not been identified in the survey data. Source: Statistics Canada, Civil Court Survey. |
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