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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: Legal Marital Status (6), Common-law Status (3), Age Groups (17) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census
Data table
| Legal marital status (6) | Common-law status (3) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total - Common-law statusFootnote 2 | Not living common law | Living common law | |
| Total - Legal marital status | 184,385 | 169,485 | 14,900 |
| Single (never legally married) | 71,585 | 60,560 | 11,025 |
| Married (and not separated) | 83,585 | 83,580 | 0 |
| Separated, but still legally married | 4,715 | 4,125 | 590 |
| Divorced | 14,145 | 11,145 | 3,000 |
| Widowed | 10,360 | 10,075 | 285 |
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not available for a specific reference period
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not applicable
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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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too unreliable to be published
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Footnote(s)
- Footnote 1
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2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.
- Footnote 2
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Common-law refers to two people living together as a couple but not legally married to each other.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-312-XCB2011043.
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