British Columbia, Canada - Marital status



Marital Status

Married or living with a common-law partner
Total: 2,154,575
This province:

57.9%
Country:

57.7%
Male: 1,074,965
Here:

59.4%
Canada:

59.4%
Female: 1,079,610
Here:

56.4%
Canada:

56.1%
Not married and not living with a common-law partner
Total: 1,568,120
This province:

42.1%
Country:

42.3%
Male: 734,075
Here:

40.6%
Canada:

40.6%
Female: 834,040
This province:

43.6%
Canada:

43.9%

This province - Married

British Columbia - Not married

Married (and not separated)
Total: 1,832,605
Here:

85.1%
Country:

80.5%
Male: 913,430
Here:

85.0%
Country:

80.4%
Female: 919,175
This province:

85.1%
Canada:

80.5%
Living common law
Total: 321,965
This province:

14.9%
Canada:

19.5%
Male: 161,530
This province:

15.0%
Country:

19.6%
Female: 160,435
This province:

14.9%
Canada:

19.5%
Single (never legally married)
Total: 1,014,270
Here:

64.7%
Canada:

66.3%
Male: 550,830
This province:

75.0%
Canada:

76.5%
Female: 463,435
Here:

55.6%
Country:

57.4%
Separated
Total: 102,040
This province:

6.5%
Country:

5.9%
Male: 43,570
This province:

5.9%
Country:

5.5%
Female: 58,470
Here:

7.0%
Canada:

6.3%
Divorced
Total: 246,515
This province:

15.7%
Country:

14.3%
Male: 98,130
This province:

13.4%
Canada:

12.4%
Female: 148,385
Here:

17.8%
Canada:

16.0%
Widowed
Total: 205,300
Here:

13.1%
Country:

13.4%
Male: 41,550
This province:

5.7%
Country:

5.7%
Female: 163,750
This province:

19.6%
Country:

20.3%

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Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007 and Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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