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Across the board, fewer people ever get married

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Prince Edward Island Alberta Ontario Saskatchewan British Columbia Newfoundland and Labrador Manitoba Nova Scotia New Brunswick Canada Yukon Quebec Northwest Territories 0 20 40 60 80 100 probability of ever marrying (%) 19911991 20192019 20202020
Note(s):
Because age at marriage is not available for Nunavut after 2008, the probability of ever marrying cannot be computed for this territory and values for Canada do not include Nunavut after that year. The geographical limits of the Northwest Territories differ before and after 1999, when Nunavut was founded.
Source(s):
Table 39-10-0055-01, Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232) and Estimates of population, by marital status or legal marital status, age and sex for July 1, Canada, provinces and territories (3605).

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Across the board, fewer people ever get married , probability of ever marrying (%)
  1991 2019 2020
Prince Edward Island 85.0 78.9 52.0
Alberta 80.7 63.2 54.8
Ontario 80.6 66.1 49.6
Saskatchewan 79.9 58.6 52.6
British Columbia 78.8 67.0 56.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 78.3 63.3 45.4
Manitoba 78.1 58.9 49.0
Nova Scotia 77.8 63.7 45.7
New Brunswick 75.9 60.6 43.8
Canada 73.6 59.3 44.4
Yukon 69.8 58.9 46.6
Quebec 53.9 41.6 23.5
Northwest Territories 49.4 38.2 28.7
Note(s):
Because age at marriage is not available for Nunavut after 2008, the probability of ever marrying cannot be computed for this territory and values for Canada do not include Nunavut after that year. The geographical limits of the Northwest Territories differ before and after 1999, when Nunavut was founded.
Source(s):
Table 39-10-0055-01, Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232) and Estimates of population, by marital status or legal marital status, age and sex for July 1, Canada, provinces and territories (3605).
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