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Brides and bridegrooms, by age and marital status, 1964
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| Brides | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinsters | Widows | Divorced | Total | Spinsters | Widows | Divorced | Total | |
| number | % | |||||||
| 12 to 14 | 90 | - | - | 90 | 0.1 | - | - | 0.1 |
| 15 to 19 | 42,011 | 19 | 17 | 42,047 | 33.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 30.4 |
| 20 to 24 | 63,035 | 188 | 740 | 63,963 | 50.1 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 46.3 |
| 25 to 29 | 12,633 | 333 | 1,317 | 14,283 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 23.3 | 10.3 |
| 30 to 34 | 3,809 | 393 | 1,118 | 5,320 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 19.8 | 3.9 |
| 35 to 39 | 1,820 | 534 | 907 | 3,261 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 16.1 | 2 4 |
| 40 to 44 | 1,029 | 799 | 703 | 2,531 | 0.8 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 1.8 |
| 45 to 49 | 569 | 937 | 455 | 1,961 | 0.5 | 14.1 | 8.1 | 1.4 |
| 50 to 54 | 434 | 944 | 227 | 1,605 | 0.3 | 14.2 | 4.0 | 1.2 |
| 55 to 59 | 215 | 825 | 97 | 1,137 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 60 to 64 | 118 | 704 | 39 | 861 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 65 or older | 70 | 980 | 24 | 1,074 | 0.1 | 14.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Total, stated ages | 125,833 | 6,656 | 5,644 | 138,133 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Age not stated | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Total, all ages | 125,834 | 6,657 | 5,644 | 138,135 | 91.1 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 100 |
| Average ages | 22.7 | 50.3 | 34.8 | 24.5 | - | - | - | - |
| Median ages1 | 21.2 | 50.6 | 33.3 | 21.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 1. The ages below and above which half of the marriages occurred. | ||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | ||||||||
