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Live births, Canada — Age and marital status of mother

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Age and marital status of mother
Marital status of mother	Age of mother ¹
Marital status of mother	All ages	Under 15 years	15 to 19 years	20 to 24 years	25 to 29 years	30 to 34 years	35 to 39 years	40 to 44 years	45 to 49 years	Not stated ²
	number
Total ³	367,864	119	15,161	58,165	112,614	115,415	55,486	10,349	505	50
Single (never married)	96,436	115	9,884	26,370	31,466	19,877	7,275	1,392	52	5
Married	226,608	0	955	19,212	69,296	86,501	42,680	7,560	372	32
Widowed	238	0	1	22	55	76	58	26	0	0
Divorced	3,673	0	3	114	677	1,360	1,163	337	19	0
Separated	1,336	0	16	200	385	407	240	80	8	0
Not stated	39,573	4	4,302	12,247	10,735	7,194	4,070	954	54	13
	percent
Total ³	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Single (never married)	26.2	96.6	65.2	45.3	27.9	17.2	13.1	13.5	10.3	10.0
Married	61.6	0.0	6.3	33.0	61.5	74.9	76.9	73.1	73.7	64.0
Widowed	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
Divorced	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	3.8	0.0
Separated	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.6	0.0
Not stated	10.8	3.4	28.4	21.1	9.5	6.2	7.3	9.2	10.7	26.0

Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.

For confidentiality reasons, live births to mothers aged 50 and over are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated." Where information is unavailable on the birth mother of children who are adopted, these records are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated."

Partway through 2003, Alberta Registries amended their Registration of Birth form in such a way that Statistics Canada can no longer determine the legal marital status of those persons in common-law marriages.

Note(s):

See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".

Source(s):

Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4507).

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