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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 Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 and 2011 Censuses
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 | 27,869,340 | 24,726,815 | 3,142,530 |
| Single (never legally married) | 10,071,335 | 7,816,050 | 2,255,285 |
| Married (and not separated) | 12,941,960 | 12,941,965 | 0 |
| Separated, but still legally married | 826,440 | 698,245 | 128,195 |
| Divorced | 2,365,770 | 1,686,035 | 679,735 |
| Widowed | 1,663,830 | 1,584,530 | 79,305 |
Symbol(s)
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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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- Symbol F
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too unreliable to be published
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Footnote(s)
- Footnote 1
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
- 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-XCB2011041.
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