Data table for chart 1
Number of marriages and divorces, Canada, 1926 to 2008

Chart 1
Number of marriages and divorces, Canada, 1926 to 2008
Year Marriages Divorces
number
1926 68,378 608
1927 71,071 748
1928 76,009 790
1929 78,977 817
1930 73,341 875
1931 68,239 700
1932 64,141 1,006
1933 65,516 930
1934 75,034 1,122
1935 78,908 1,431
1936 82,941 1,570
1937 89,983 1,833
1938 90,709 2,228
1939 106,266 2,073
1940 125,797 2,416
1941 124,644 2,462
1942 130,786 3,091
1943 113,827 3,398
1944 104,656 3,827
1945 111,376 5,101
1946 137,398 7,757
1947 130,400 8,213
1948 126,118 6,978
1949 124,087 6 052
1950 125,083 5,386
1951 128,408 5,270
1952 128,474 5,650
1953 131,034 6,160
1954 128,629 5,923
1955 128,029 6,053
1956 132,713 6,002
1957 133,186 6,688
1958 131,525 6,279
1959 132,474 6,543
1960 130,338 6,980
1961 128,475 6,563
1962 129,381 6,768
1963 131,111 7,686
1964 138,135 8,623
1965 145,519 8,974
1966 155,596 10,239
1967 165,879 11,165
1968 171,766 11,343
1969 182,183 26,093
1970 188,428 29,775
1971 191,324 29,685
1972 200,470 32,389
1973 199,064 36,704
1974 198,824 45,019
1975 197,585 50,611
1976 193,343 54,207
1977 187,344 55,370
1978 185,523 57,155
1979 187,811 59,474
1980 191,069 62 019
1981 190,082 67,671
1982 188,360 70,436
1983 184,675 68,567
1984 185,597 65,172
1985 184,096 61,980
1986 175,518 78,304
1987 182,151 96,200
1988 187,728 83,507
1989 190,640 80,998
1990 187,737 78,463
1991 172,251 77,020
1992 164,573 79,034
1993 159,316 78,226
1994 159,959 78,880
1995 160,251 77,636
1996 156,691 71,528
1997 153,306 67,408
1998 152,821 69,088
1999 155,742 70,910
2000 157,395 71,144
2001 146,618 71,110
2002 146,738 70,155
2003 147,391 70,828
2004 146,242 69,644
2005 147,908 71,269
2006 150,505 74,681
2007 148,957 73,167
2008 147,288 70,226
Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Canadian Vital Statistics, Divorce Database and Marriage Database.
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