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About nine in ten adult Canadians who have ever been legally married have tied the knot only once
This is a flowchart which shows the hierarchical breakdown of the population aged 25 and over into sub-groups who have ever been married or never married and of the ever-married population into groups who have been married once, twice or three or four times. At the top of chart is the population aged 25 and over representing 20.756 million Canadians. This group is split into 4.141 million Canadians aged 25 and over who have never married and 16.615 million who have ever-married. The ever-married group is further sub-divided into those who have married once, representing 14.780 million or 89% of the ever-married population aged 25 and over; those who have married twice, representing 1.698 million or 10% of the ever-married population; and those who have been married 3 or 4 times representing 137 thousand or 1% of the ever-married population. The once married group is further split into 11.389 million who are still married and 3.375 million who are no longer married. “No longer married” includes those separated from their current spouse, divorced or widowed. The twice married group is split into 1.291 million who are still married and 406 thousand who are no longer married. The 137 thousand who were married 3 or 4 times is split into 98 thousand who are still married and 39 thousandE who are no longer married.
The chart shows that the vast majority of Canadians aged 25 and over have only been married once and most are still married.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2001.