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Marital status of the population, by age group and sex, census 1961

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Marital status of the population, by age group and sex, census 1961
  Single Married Widowed Divorced Total
  number
Under 15          
  Male 3,166,091 - - - 3,166,091
  Female 3,025,831 - - - 3,025,831
  Total 6,191,922 - - - 6,191,922
15 to 19          
  Male 719,727 9,198 88 22 729,035
  Female 642,007 61,197 262 58 703,524
  Total 1,361,734 70,395 350 80 1,432,559
20 to 24          
  Male 408,005 178,618 233 283 587,139
  Female 241,435 353,215 931 926 596,507
  Total 649,440 531,833 1,164 1,209 1,183,646
25 to 34          
  Male 293,298 959,702 1,864 3,440 1,258,304
  Female 158,119 1,051,198 7,407 6,079 1,222,803
  Total 451,417 2,010,900 9,271 9,519 2,481,107
35 to 44          
  Male 143,174 1,034,645 7,527 5,722 1,191,068
  Female 108,573 1,052,760 28,258 9,226 1,198,817
  Total 251,747 2,087,405 35,785 14,948 2,389,885
45 to 54          
  Male 100,426 834,787 17,128 6,084 958,425
  Female 91,012 751,129 69,415 8,523 920,079
  Total 191,438 1,585,916 86,543 14,607 1,878,504
55 to 64          
  Male 74,357 540,934 35,390 4,033 654,714
  Female 65,697 439,436 125,540 4,083 634,756
  Total 140,054 980,370 160,930 8,116 1,289,470
65 to 69          
  Male 26,251 185,739 26,516 1,179 239,685
  Female 25,019 136,933 84,579 886 247,417
  Total 51,270 322,672 111,095 2,065 487,102
70 or older          
  Male 46,235 276,102 110,761 1,334 434,432
  Female 47,871 158,711 262,324 714 469,620
  Total 94,106 434,813 373,085 2,048 904,052
All ages          
  Male 4,977,564 4,019,725 199,507 22,097 9,218,893
  Female 4,405,564 4,004,579 578,716 30,495 9,019,354
  Total 9,383,138 8,024,304 778,223 52,592 18,238,247
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.