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.

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 marital status of husband and of wife just prior to marriage, Canada, provinces and territories

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

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 marriage (13 items: Age of husband at marriage, 15 years and over; Age of husband at marriage, under 20 years; Age of husband at marriage, 20 to 24 years; Age of husband at marriage, 25 to 29 years; ...); Age of wife at marriage (13 items: Age of wife at marriage, 15 years and over; Age of wife at marriage, under 20 years; Age of wife at marriage, 20 to 24 years; Age of wife at marriage, 25 to 29 years; ...).

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 at marriage and at divorce, 2004 to 2005.

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

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

This booklet has two purposes. First, it's meant to help children learn some basic facts about family law and give them an idea of the processes that parents may go through when they separate. Second, it's meant to help children realize that it's normal for them to have an emotional response to the divorce of their parents. The booklet encourages children to think about talking to someone they trust — like parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts or family friends, neighbours or someone from their community, such as their school, church, synagogue or mosque. The language and activities in the booklet are designed for children. However, some children may need help reading the booklet. Other children may want help. They may want an adult they trust to work through the booklet with them — helping them understand key legal concepts and cope with any sense of loss, anger, confusion or anxiety. The booklet is designed to be read all the way through or just in chapters. Kids can read only the chapters that interest them. They can always go back to other chapters later if they need to. Because this is a booklet for children, a lot of technical, legal information has been left out. This booklet only provides very general information because family law is a complex subject and some aspects of family law are different in each Canadian province and territory.

Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes case files forms part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Halifax County. Case files from 1759-1963.

The Survey of Family Courts (SFC) is a long-standing online survey that documents detailed information about the contents of court orders and separation agreements. This snapshot of data collected between 2018 and 2019 focuses on custody and access, legal representation, and the relationship between legal representation and custody arrangements by parents’ gender. This report includes data from six participating superior courts located in five jurisdictions across the country: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Yukon. Coders manually input data from court files into an electronic survey administered by Justice Canada. The survey collects data that are disaggregated by gender. It also captures whether or not parties were in a same sex relationship; however, due to the small sample size, this report does not provide a separate analysis of same sex couple data. The survey predominantly covers parents who were married and later divorced, and as a survey of court data, does not collect information on separating parents who do not use the court system. The findings of this report cannot be generalized beyond the participating courts, nor can any causal linkages be made regarding legal representation and case outcomes.

Statistics Canada conducts the Census of Agriculture every five years at the same time as the Census of Population. The most recent Census of Agriculture was on May 10, 2011.The Census of Agriculture collects and disseminates a wide range of data on the agriculture industry such as number and type of farms, farm operator characteristics, business operating arrangements, land management practices, crop areas, numbers of livestock and poultry, farm capital, operating expenses and receipts, and farm machinery and equipment. These data provide a comprehensive picture of the agriculture industry across Canada every five years at the national and provincial levels as well as at lower levels of geography. The Census of Agriculture is the cornerstone of Canada's Agriculture Statistics Program. Census of Agriculture data are an indispensable public and private sector tool for analysing important changes in the agriculture and food industries; developing, implementing and evaluating agricultural policies and programs such as farm income safety nets and environmental sustainability; and making production, marketing and investment decisions. Statistics Canada uses the data as benchmarks for its regular surveys on crops, livestock and farm finances between census years. This release contains all farm and farm operator data. For current Census of Agriculture data refer to Statistics Canada. Access data here

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.

This table contains 15 series, with data for years 1970 - 2003 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Divorces (1 item: Divorces).