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Marriages and rates per 1,000 population, by province, with percentage distribution of bridegrooms and brides by nativity, 1941, 1951 and 1961 to 1964
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| Born in province where married | Born in other provinces | Born outside Canada | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total marriages | Rate per 1,000 population | Grooms | Brides | Grooms | Brides | Grooms | Brides | |
| number | % | |||||||
| Canada1 | ||||||||
| 1941 | 121,842 | 10.6 | 76.8 | 81.5 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 8.4 |
| 1951 | 128,230 | 9.2 | 70.5 | 76.5 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 10.6 |
| 1961 | 128,475 | 7.0 | 67.9 | 74.2 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 17.9 | 14.1 |
| 1962 | 129,381 | 7.0 | 69.2 | 75.0 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 16.7 | 13.2 |
| 1963 | 131,111 | 6.9 | 69.1 | 75.0 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 16.5 | 13.1 |
| 1964 | 138,135 | 7.2 | 68.7 | 74.4 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 16.8 | 13.6 |
| Newfoundland | ||||||||
| 1951 | 2,517 | 7.0 | 85.2 | 96.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 12.4 | 1.4 |
| 1961 | 3,306 | 7.2 | 88.0 | 97.2 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 1.2 |
| 1962 | 3,274 | 7.0 | 89.4 | 96.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 6.8 | 1.7 |
| 1963 | 3,280 | 6.8 | 88.5 | 96.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 2.0 |
| 1964 | 3,385 | 6.9 | 87.6 | 96.0 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 2.2 |
| Prince Edward Island | ||||||||
| 1941 | 673 | 7.1 | 78.8 | 86.6 | 15.0 | 9.4 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 1051 | 583 | 5.9 | 82.3 | 91.1 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 2.9 |
| 1961 | 624 | 6.0 | 81.7 | 89.6 | 15.4 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 1962 | 677 | 6.4 | 76.1 | 91.0 | 20.8 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
| 1963 | 684 | 6.4 | 73.2 | 87.3 | 22.7 | 11.1 | 4.1 | 1.6 |
| 1964 | 662 | 6.2 | 76.9 | 90.0 | 18.4 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||||
| 1941 | 6,596 | 11.4 | 73.2 | 83.8 | 16.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 6.7 |
| 1051 | 5,094 | 7.9 | 78.2 | 86.7 | 15.9 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 4.3 |
| 1961 | 5,292 | 7.2 | 75.2 | 87.8 | 18.8 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 3.4 |
| 1962 | 5,256 | 7.0 | 75.9 | 88.0 | 18.9 | 9.0 | 5.2 | 3.0 |
| 1963 | 5,127 | 6.8 | 76.3 | 87.5 | 17.6 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 3.5 |
| 1964 | 5,339 | 7.0 | 76.2 | 88.0 | 17.9 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| New Brunswick | ||||||||
| 1941 | 4,941 | 10.8 | 78.5 | 84.4 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 5.9 |
| 1051 | 4,386 | 8.5 | 80.0 | 86.9 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 6.4 |
| 1961 | 4,504 | 7.5 | 75.4 | 86.3 | 14.9 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 5.8 |
| 1962 | 4,382 | 7.2 | 75.5 | 85.8 | 14.7 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 5.9 |
| 1963 | 4,391 | 7.2 | 75.7 | 85.9 | 14.0 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 5.9 |
| 1964 | 4,611 | 7.5 | 74.1 | 85.4 | 15.0 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 6.3 |
| Quebec | ||||||||
| 1941 | 32,782 | 9.8 | 86.1 | 89.3 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 4.8 |
| 1051 | 35,704 | 8.8 | 86.7 | 89.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 5.0 |
| 1961 | 35,943 | 6.8 | 83.6 | 87.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 10.7 | 7.8 |
| 1962 | 37,038 | 6.9 | 85.1 | 88.4 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 6.8 |
| 1963 | 37,358 | 6.8 | 85.4 | 88.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 5.5 |
| 1964 | 39,400 | 7.1 | 84.4 | 87.6 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 10.0 | 7.5 |
| Ontario | ||||||||
| 1941 | 43,270 | 11.4 | 89.2 | 89.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 1051 | 45,198 | 9.8 | 65.9 | 72.4 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 19.5 | 15.4 |
| 1961 | 44,434 | 7.1 | 61.5 | 67.2 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 25.6 | 21.8 |
| 1962 | 44,454 | 7.0 | 62.8 | 67.7 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 24.4 | 20.8 |
| 1963 | 45,306 | 7.0 | 62.4 | 67.8 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 24.1 | 20.7 |
| 1964 | 48,501 | 7.4 | 61.6 | 66.7 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 24.6 | 21.4 |
| Manitoba | ||||||||
| 1941 | 8,305 | 11.4 | 63.0 | 73.7 | 17.4 | 15.0 | 19.6 | 11.4 |
| 1051 | 7,366 | 9.5 | 67.9 | 75.1 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 11.6 |
| 1961 | 6,512 | 7.1 | 66.6 | 74.5 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 11.0 |
| 1962 | 6,354 | 6.8 | 66.9 | 75.9 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 11.1 |
| 1963 | 6,694 | 7.0 | 67.2 | 75.7 | 18.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 10.5 |
| 1964 | 6,796 | 7.1 | 67.5 | 75.2 | 18.1 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 10.7 |
| Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| 1941 | 7,036 | 7.9 | 64.7 | 79.1 | 16.1 | 10.0 | 19.1 | 10.9 |
| 1051 | 6,805 | 8.2 | 78.3 | 86.4 | 10.7 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 7.2 |
| 1961 | 6,149 | 6.6 | 79.3 | 85.8 | 11.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 5.5 |
| 1962 | 6,044 | 6.5 | 80.8 | 85.8 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 5.6 |
| 1963 | 6,197 | 6.6 | 78.4 | 85.3 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 5.7 |
| 1964 | 6,382 | 6.8 | 78.8 | 85.1 | 13.5 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
| Alberta | ||||||||
| 1941 | 8,470 | 10.6 | 50.0 | 63.4 | 23.9 | 19.9 | 26.2 | 16.8 |
| 1051 | 9,305 | 9.9 | 56.0 | 67.4 | 25.7 | 19.6 | 18.3 | 13.0 |
| 1961 | 10,474 | 7.9 | 54.4 | 62.3 | 25.8 | 21.8 | 19.8 | 15.9 |
| 1962 | 10,423 | 7.6 | 54.4 | 62.0 | 25.9 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 15.2 |
| 1963 | 10,163 | 7.2 | 55.4 | 62.5 | 26.0 | 23.1 | 18.6 | 14.4 |
| 1964 | 10,634 | 7.4 | 56.2 | 62.9 | 26.2 | 22.9 | 17.6 | 14.2 |
| British Columbia | ||||||||
| 1941 | 9,769 | 11.9 | 35.9 | 43.5 | 35.6 | 37.1 | 28.5 | 19.4 |
| 1051 | 11,272 | 9.7 | 35.5 | 41.6 | 43.1 | 43.0 | 21.3 | 15.5 |
| 1961 | 10,964 | 6.7 | 36.4 | 45.9 | 35.9 | 32.4 | 27.7 | 21.8 |
| 1962 | 11,196 | 6.7 | 39.8 | 48.0 | 34.8 | 31.9 | 25.4 | 20.1 |
| 1963 | 11,677 | 6.9 | 39.7 | 48.8 | 35.4 | 31.3 | 24.9 | 19.8 |
| 1964 | 12,158 | 7.0 | 42.1 | 50.3 | 34.4 | 30.1 | 23.5 | 19.6 |
| Yukon | ||||||||
| 1961 | 128 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 24.2 | 63.3 | 52.3 | 24.2 | 23.4 |
| 1962 | 109 | 7.3 | 10.1 | 26.6 | 67.0 | 53.2 | 22.9 | 20.2 |
| 1963 | 95 | 6.3 | 11.6 | 25.3 | 65.3 | 60.0 | 23.2 | 14.7 |
| 1964 | 94 | 5.9 | 11.7 | 19.1 | 64.9 | 62.8 | 23.4 | 18.1 |
| Northwest Territories | ||||||||
| 1961 | 145 | 6.3 | 54.5 | 61.4 | 35.9 | 31.7 | 9.7 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 174 | 7.3 | 60.9 | 66.7 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 11.5 | 6.9 |
| 1963 | 139 | 5.8 | 69.1 | 74.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 10.8 | 5.8 |
| 1964 | 173 | 6.9 | 56.1 | 67.1 | 37.0 | 30.1 | 6.9 | 2.9 |
| 1. Newfoundland included from 1951 and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from 1961. | ||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | ||||||||
