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Table A-6.3
Divorces and crude divorce rate, Canada, provinces and territories, 1981 to 2004

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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
  number
1981 569 187 2,285 1,334 19,193 21,680 2,399 1,932 8,418 9,533 75 66 67,671
1986 687 199 2,609 1,729 19,026 27,549 2,982 2,479 9,556 11,299 94 95 78,304
1991 912 269 2,280 1,652 20,274 27,694 2,790 2,240 8,388 10,368 67 86 77,020
1996 1,060 237 2,228 1,450 18,078 25,035 2,603 2,216 7,509 10,898 115 99 71,528
1997 822 243 1,983 1,373 17,478 23,629 2,625 2,198 7,185 9,692 101 79 67,408
1998 944 279 1,933 1,473 16,916 25,149 2,443 2,246 7,668 9,827 117 93 69,088
1999 892 291 1,954 1,671 17,144 26,088 2,572 2,237 7,931 9,935 112 83 70,910
2000 913 272 2,054 1,717 17,054 26,148 2,430 2,194 8,176 10,017 68 94 7 71,144
2001 755 246 1,945 1,570 17,094 26,516 2,480 1,955 8,252 10,115 91 83 8 71,110
2002 842 258 1,990 1,461 16,499 26,170 2,396 1,959 8,291 10,125 90 68 6 70,155
2003 662 281 1,907 1,450 16,738 27,513 2,352 1,992 7,960 9,820 87 62 4 70,828
2004 837 293 2,000 1,415 15,999 26,374 2,333 1,875 8,317 10,049 66 71 15 69,644
  rate per 10,000
1981 9.9 15.1 26.7 18.9 29.3 24.6 23.1 19.8 36.7 33.8 31.4 13.9 27.3
1986 11.9 15.5 29.3 23.8 28.4 29.2 27.3 24.1 39.3 37.6 38.4 17.4 30.0
1991 15.7 20.6 24.9 22.2 28.7 26.6 25.1 22.3 32.4 30.7 23.2 14.1 27.5
1996 18.9 17.5 23.9 19.3 24.9 22.6 23.0 21.7 27.1 28.1 36.6 12.8 24.2
1997 14.9 17.9 21.3 18.2 24.0 21.0 23.1 21.6 25.4 24.5 31.8 12.7 22.5
1998 17.5 20.5 20.7 19.6 23.2 22.1 21.5 22.1 26.4 24.7 37.6 12.8 22.9
1999 16.7 21.4 20.9 22.3 23.4 22.7 22.5 22.0 26.9 24.8 36.4 12.7 23.3
2000 17.3 19.9 22.0 22.9 23.2 22.4 21.2 21.8 27.2 24.8 22.4 21.2 2.5 23.2
2001 14.5 18.0 20.9 20.9 23.1 22.3 21.5 19.5 27.0 24.8 30.2 21.1 2.8 22.9
2002 16.2 18.8 21.3 19.5 22.2 21.6 20.7 19.7 26.6 24.6 29.9 20.7 2.1 22.4
2003 12.8 20.5 20.4 19.3 22.3 22.4 20.2 20.0 25.2 23.6 28.5 20.4 1.4 22.4
2004 16.2 21.3 21.3 18.8 21.2 21.2 19.9 18.8 25.9 23.9 21.4 16.6 5.1 21.8
Note:  Nunavut is included in the Northwest Territories before 2000.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.