Table 4
Elapsed time from case initiation to first disposition for active divorce cases, 2008/2009

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Province or territory Elapsed time1 Total divorce cases with disposition2, 3 Total active divorce cases4
less than or equal to 3 months greater than 3 months to 6 months greater than 6 months to 12 months greater than
12 months to 24 months		 greater than 24 months
number
Nova Scotia 924 903 688 501 204 3,220 4,747
Ontario 21,177 10,713 5,148 2,754 251 40,043 52,977
Alberta5 3,443 2,702 1,680 287 0 8,112 14,559
British Columbia 6,248 4,709 2,472 999 322 14,750 20,814
Yukon 65 40 14 13 6 138 175
Northwest Territories 21 19 14 7 1 62 134
Nunavut 15 12 9 1 0 37 45
Total 31,893 19,098 10,025 4,562 784 66,362 93,451
  percent  
Nova Scotia 29 28 21 16 6 100
Ontario 53 27 13 7 1 100
Alberta5 42 33 21 4 0 100
British Columbia 42 32 17 7 2 100
Yukon 47 29 10 9 4 100
Northwest Territories 34 31 23 11 2 100
Nunavut 41 32 24 3 0 100
Total 48 29 15 7 1 100
1. Calculated only for active divorce cases where information on the date of first disposition is available. The event may have taken place prior to the start of data collection, therefore cases initiated prior to the date the province or territory began reporting to the Civil Court Survey are excluded.
2. A disposition is a court event that disposes part or all of the civil case (e.g., settlement, consent judgment and judgment).
3. In a small number of cases, for example when the date of initiation for a case is unknown, the elapsed time cannot be calculated. This results in some undercounting.
4. Includes only active divorce cases where information on the date of first disposition is available, therefore divorce cases initiated prior to the start of data collection in the province or territory are not included.
5. Alberta data for family cases at the superior court level, which would include all divorce cases, are not available prior to October 2007/2008.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey.
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