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Divorce rates have risen sharply over the last 40 years and common-law unions have become more popular throughout the country. In 2006, divorced Canadians represented 7% of the population aged 15 and older. However, divorce affects more people than that: In 2006, 13% of Canadians aged 15 and older had experienced at least one divorce during their conjugal life, and nearly half had remarried.
Intention to remarry is an indicator of how families are changing. From 1990 to 2006, the proportion of divorced people saying they intend to remarry dropped from 26% to 22%. In 2006, 6 out of 10 divorced Canadians said they do not wish to remarry, compared with 5 out of 10 in 1990. Divorced Quebecers had the least desire to remarry in 2006: three out of four ruled out matrimony from their future relationships.
