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Widening gap in average age at first marriage across the provinces and territories

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Quebec Northwest Territories Yukon Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia New Brunswick Canada Prince Edward Island British Columbia Ontario Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba 0 10 20 30 40 average age at first marriage 1991 to 19951991 to 1995 2016 to 20202016 to 2020
Note(s):
Because age at marriage and marital status are not available for Nunavut after 2008, the average age at marriage 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 39-10-0056-01 and Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232).

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Widening gap in average age at first marriage across the provinces and territories, average age at first marriage
  1991 to 1995 2016 to 2020
Quebec 28.1 35.3
Northwest Territories 28.4 34.2
Yukon 29.2 33.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 26.8 32.7
Nova Scotia 27.5 32.2
New Brunswick 26.7 31.9
Canada 27.6 31.5
Prince Edward Island 27.2 31.5
British Columbia 28.0 31.3
Ontario 27.8 31.0
Alberta 27.2 30.3
Saskatchewan 26.6 30.1
Manitoba 27.0 29.9
Note(s):
Because age at marriage and marital status are not available for Nunavut after 2008, the average age at marriage 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 39-10-0056-01 and Canadian Vital Statistics – Marriage Database (3232).
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