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Table 7
Divorce cases by elapsed time from case initiation to divorce judgment, selected provinces and territories, 2010/2011

Table 7
Divorce cases by elapsed time from case initiation to divorce judgment, selected provinces and territories, 2010/2011
Province or territory^{Note 2}	Elapsed time to divorce judgment^{Note 1}					Total divorce cases with divorce judgment	Total active divorce cases^{Note 3}
	Less than or equal to 3 months	Greater than 3 months to 6 months	Greater than 6 months to 12 months	Greater than 12 months to 24 months	Greater than 24 months	Total divorce cases with divorce judgment	Total active divorce cases^{Note 3}
	number
Nova Scotia^{Note 4}	438	413	387	339	360	1,937	5,354
Ontario	11,239	7,848	4,274	2,515	1,399	27,275	53,222
Alberta^{Note 4}	1,079	2,373	2,071	1,782	1,562	8,867	29,496
Yukon	34	18	17	15	20	104	221
Northwest Territories	23	20	9	6	2	60	136
Nunavut	1	5	3	3	0	12	32
Total	12,814	10,677	6,761	4,660	3,343	38,255	88,461
	percent
Nova Scotia^{Note 4}	23	21	20	18	19	100	Note …: not applicable
Ontario	41	29	16	9	5	100	Note …: not applicable
Alberta^{Note 4}	12	27	23	20	18	100	Note …: not applicable
Yukon	33	17	16	14	19	100	Note …: not applicable
Northwest Territories	38	33	15	10	3	100	Note …: not applicable
Nunavut	8	42	25	25	0	100	Note …: not applicable
Total	33	28	18	12	9	100	Note …: not applicable
1. Divorce judgment refers to the order for divorce granted by a court in a divorce case. On taking effect, a divorce judgment legally ends a marriage. Normally the divorce judgment becomes effective on the 31st day after the date of the judgment. 2. Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia due to the unavailability of data. 3. Refers to court cases that had activity or were initiated during the year. 4. In a small number of cases in Nova Scotia and Alberta, the date of case initiation was unknown therefore the elapsed time to divorce judgment could not be calculated. This results in some undercounting. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30