Table 3
Divorce and other family breakdown court cases, by time since initiation, selected provinces and territories, 2009/2010
Province or territory1 | Time since initiation | Total active cases2 | |||||
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1 year or less | greater than 1 year to 2 years | greater than 2 years to 3 years | greater than 3 years to 4 years | greater than 4 years | Unknown | ||
number | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 3,241 | 1,934 | 819 | 531 | 1,788 | 3 | 8,316 |
Ontario | 57,072 | 33,646 | 8,990 | 3,763 | 4,351 | 0 | 107,822 |
Alberta | 27,441 | 11,814 | 4,218 | 2,383 | 8,492 | 222 | 54,570 |
British Columbia | 19,642 | 10,628 | 5,068 | 3,764 | 11,065 | 55 | 50,222 |
Yukon | 146 | 61 | 30 | 17 | 91 | 0 | 345 |
Northwest Territories | 182 | 73 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 312 |
Nunavut | 128 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 228 |
Total | 107,852 | 58,190 | 19,174 | 10,488 | 25,831 | 280 | 221,815 |
percent | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 39 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 22 | ... | 100 |
Ontario | 53 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ... | 100 |
Alberta | 50 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 16 | ... | 100 |
British Columbia | 39 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 22 | ... | 100 |
Yukon | 42 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 26 | ... | 100 |
Northwest Territories | 58 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 2 | ... | 100 |
Nunavut | 56 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 17 | ... | 100 |
Total | 49 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | ... | 100 |
... not applicable 1. Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan due to the unavailability of data. 2. Refers to court cases that had activity or were initiated during the year. Note: "Other family breakdown" 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. It is important to note that differences in how cases are processed in the provinces and territories may impact results related to "time since initiation" and comparisons between jurisdictions should be made with caution. For example, depending on jurisdictional practices, a variation of an existing order or further disputes related to the same family may either be captured under the original case file (which may distribute cases toward a longer "time since initiation") or as a new case. Source: Statistics Canada, Civil Court Survey. |
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