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Table A-6.4
Mean duration of marriages for divorced people, Canada, provinces and territories, 1981 to 2003
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| Year | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S. | N.B. | Que. | Ont. | Man. | Sask. | Alta. | B.C. | Y.T. | N.W.T. | Nvt. | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in years | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 9.0 | .. | 11.5 |
| 1986 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 10.9 | .. | 11.5 |
| 1991 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 9.0 | .. | 11.0 |
| 1996 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 | .. | 10.8 |
| 1997 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 9.3 | .. | 10.9 |
| 1998 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.4 | .. | 10.8 |
| 1999 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.6 | .. | 10.9 |
| 2000 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 12.9 | .. | 10.9 |
| 2001 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 10.5 | .. | 10.9 |
| 2002 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.9 | .. | 10.9 |
| 2003 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.2 | .. | 10.9 |
| Notes: Excludes divorces for marriages of a duration greater than 25 years. The mean duration of marriages for divorced people cannot be calculated for Nunavut because marriage data only exists since 1999 for that province. Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X. |
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