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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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

Age-specific divorce rates per 1,000 legally married females, Canada, provinces and territories

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.

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 of husband at marriage and at divorce, 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.

Mean number of dependents involved in custody orders per divorce, Canada, provinces and territories

Number of marriages by County with rates (per 1000).

Mean age and median age at divorce and at marriage, by sex and place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly political issues. The questions ask opinions about political leaders and political issues within the country. There are also questions on other topics of interest and importance to the country and government, such as wages and inflation, and attitudes towards marijuana. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical and social variables. Topics of interest include: a 6% pay limit increase; Canada becoming a Republic instead of being under the Queen's reign; divorce rates; fighting inflation; having fines for Marijuana possession instead of jail time; laws regulating labour unions; the lies in commercials; the Maritimes becoming one province; political preferences; the threat of Quebec separation if Bourassa is elected as Premier of Quebec; raising wages to keep up with the cost of living; the rating of Eric Kierans as Postmaster General; the rating of J.J. Greene as Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources; rating of John Turner as Finance Minister; the rise of unemployment; and the West becoming one province. Basic demographic variables are also included.

Mean age and median age at marriage, for persons who married in a given year, by legal marital status, gender (when available), the couple's gender composition (when available) and place of occurrence, 1991 to most recent year.