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Conjugal condition of the population, 15 years of age or older, by sex, census years 1911 to 1941
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| Single | Married | Widowed | Divorced and legally separated |
Total1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | |
| 1911 | |||||||||
| Male | 1,161,088 | 45.0 | 1,326,959 | 51.5 | 88,716 | 3.4 | 2,087 | 0.1 | 2,597,133 |
| Female | 765,092 | 34.8 | 1,247,761 | 56.8 | 178,961 | 8.2 | 2,255 | 0.1 | 2,201,780 |
| 1921 | |||||||||
| Male | 1,173,730 | 39.2 | 1,697,145 | 56.7 | 119,571 | 4.0 | 3,664 | 0.1 | 2,994,720 |
| Female | 881,771 | 32.0 | 1,630,636 | 59.2 | 236,283 | 8.6 | 3,726 | 0.1 | 2,752,637 |
| 1931 | |||||||||
| Male | 1,519,844 | 41.0 | 2,032,691 | 54.9 | 148,851 | 4.0 | 4,048 | 0.1 | 3,713,221 |
| Female | 1,148,977 | 34.0 | 1,937,458 | 57.3 | 288,530 | 8.5 | 3,392 | 0.1 | 3,378,579 |
| 1941 | |||||||||
| Male | 1,703,528 | 39.8 | 2,363,528 | 55.2 | 170,743 | 4.0 | 42,770 | 1.0 | 4,281,237 |
| Female | 1,328,489 | 33.0 | 2,292,478 | 56.9 | 354,378 | 8.8 | 51,399 | 1.3 | 4,026,867 |
| 1. Includes conjugal condition not stated; percentages are based on stated condition. | |||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | |||||||||
