Data table for chart 1
| Active family court cases1 | |||||
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| Divorce | Other family breakdown2 | Other3 | Unknown | Total | |
| number | |||||
| Total active1 | 111,626 | 110,189 | 93,699 | 13,737 | 329,251 |
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1. Refers to family court cases that had activity or were initiated during the year. 2. Refers to cases that addressed issues of custody, access, support or division of property outside of a divorce proceeding such as cases of separation or those deciding arrangements for a child born outside a union. Additionally, the category includes cases that may also have involved other issues, such as child protection, civil protection or guardianship. 3. Includes, for example, cases involving adoption, child protection, civil protection, enforcement, family estate matters and those categorized as "other family". Cases involving only "other family" matters represent 49% of this category. Note: Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan due to the unavailability of data. Information related to separation, custody, access, support (child and/or spousal and/or other) and/or division of property may be under reported due to data limitations. Some cases under the "Other" or "Unknown" categories may have involved these issues, but they have not been identified in the survey data. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey. |
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