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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables
Mobility Status 5 Years Ago (9), Mother Tongue (8), Legal Marital Status (6), Common-law Status (3), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 5 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey
About this variable: Legal marital status (6)
Definition
Legal marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person under the law, excluding common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person under the law, excluding common-law status. Married spouses may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried.
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has neither separated nor divorced, and whose spouse is living.
Separated: A person who is married but who is no longer living with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried.
Values
- Total - Legal marital status
- Single (never legally married)
- Married (and not separated)
- Separated, but still legally married
- Divorced
- Widowed
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