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Sex and marital status of immigrant arrivals, by age group, 1955 and 1958

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Sex and marital status of immigrant arrivals, by age group, 1955 and 1958
	Males
	Single	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Total
	number
1955
0 to 14	12,334	-	-	-	12,334
15 to 19	4,456	46	-	-	4,502
20 to 24	9,104	1,606	2	8	10,720
25 to 29	6,359	4,810	11	63	11,243
30 to 39	2,759	7,874	39	159	10,831
40 to 49	546	3,829	50	122	4,547
50 to 59	120	1,405	72	59	1,656
60 or older	52	701	228	14	995
Total, 1955	35,336	20,271	462	125	56,828
1956
0 to 14	18,879	-	-	-	18,879
15 to 19	7,206	62	1	1	7,270
20 to 24	15,813	3,083	-	22	18,918
25 to 29	8,972	8,212	13	124	17,321
30 to 39	3,909	13,213	51	278	17,451
40 to 49	646	5,521	74	153	6,394
50 to 59	123	1,918	87	48	2,176
60 or older	48	782	286	16	1,132
Total, 1956	55,596	32,791	512	642	89,511
	Females
	Single	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Total
1955
0 to 14	11,292	-	-	-	11,292
15 to 19	3,252	698	-	2	3,952
20 to 24	5,110	4,639	1	32	9,782
25 to 29	3,373	5,783	29	99	9,284
30 to 39	2,141	7,149	122	250	9,662
40 to 49	570	3,429	331	258	4,588
50 to 59	205	1,542	683	158	2,588
60 or older	166	603	1,149	52	1,970
Total, 1955	26,169	23,843	2,315	851	53,118
1956
0 to 14	17,334	-	-	-	17,334
15 to 19	4,733	1,019	1	1	5,754
20 to 24	7,465	7,014	14	47	14,540
25 to 29	4,227	8,336	26	148	12,737
30 to 39	2,586	10,597	162	384	13,729
40 to 49	598	4,352	417	321	5,688
50 to 59	196	1,876	882	199	3,153
60 or older	140	706	1,459	76	2,381
Total, 1956	37,279	33,900	2,961	1,176	75,316
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1957/1958.