Number of divorces and various divorce indicators (crude divorce rate, divorce rate for married persons, age-standardized divorce rate, total divorce rate, mean and median duration of marriage, median duration of divorce proceedings, percentage of joint divorce applications), by place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.

Number of persons who divorced in a given year and age-specific divorce rates per 1,000 legally married persons, by sex or gender and place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.

In 2022, the divorce rate in the United States stood at 2.4 per 1,000 of the population. Divorce in the U.S. Divorce is the termination of a marital union. In the United States, as in most other countries, it is a legal process in which a judge or another legal authority dissolves the bonds of matrimony existing between two persons. The process of divorce also normally involves issues surrounding distribution of property, financial support of the former spouse, child custody and child support. A divorce also allows a person to marry again.In the United States divorce is, like marriage, a matter for state governments, not the federal government. Although divorce laws vary from state to state, for example on which terms a divorce can be arranged, a divorce must be certified by a court of law to become effective. A declining divorce rate Over the last couple of years both the marriage rate and the divorce rate have been declining in the United States. As of 2009, the average length of a first marriage in the U.S. was eight years. The average age men were at when they went through their first divorce was 32, for women this was 30. The average length of a second marriage was about 10 years.

In 2022, there were about 2.78 million people who had obtained a legal divorce and not remarried in Canada. This figure has been steadily increasing since 2000, when there were about 1.88 million divorcees in Canada.

In 2022, there were 420,741 divorced individuals between the ages of 55 and 59 years old living in Canada. In that same year, there were 27 divorced people between the ages of 15 and 19 years old living in Canada.

Number and percentage of divorces, by type of spouse (husband, wife), marital status (single-never married, widowed, divorced) of husband and wife just prior to marriage, and place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

Divorces, by age group of husband and age group of wife at divorce, 2004 to 2005.

Number of divorces, by reason of marital breakdown (separation for at least one year, adultery, physical cruelty, mental cruelty) and by place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

Divorces, by age of husband at marriage and at divorce, Canada

In 2022, there were more divorced women living in Canada than there were divorced men. In that year, there were about 1.55 million divorced women and 1.23 million divorced men living in Canada.

This table contains 169 series, with data for years 2004 - 2005 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography, place of occurrence (1 item: Canada, place of occurrence); Age of husband at divorce (13 items: Age of husband at divorce, 15 years and over; Age of husband at divorce, under 20 years; Age of husband at divorce, 20 to 24 years; Age of husband at divorce, 25 to 29 years; ...); Age of wife at divorce (13 items: Age of wife at divorce, 15 years and over; Age of wife at divorce, under 20 years; Age of wife at divorce, 20 to 24 years; Age of wife at divorce, 25 to 29 years; ...).

Number of dependents involved in a divorce with a custody order, by place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.