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Brides and bridegrooms, by age and marital status, 1964

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Brides and bridegrooms, by age and marital status, 1964
  Bridegrooms
  Bachelors Widowers Divorced Total Bachelors Widowers Divorced Total
  number %
15 to 19 9,073 1 1 9,075 7.2 - - 6.6
20 to 24 69,759 36 246 70,041 55.2 0.6 4.1 50.7
25 to 29 30,519 129 1,054 31,702 24.2 2.2 17.4 23.0
30 to 34 9,328 234 1,326 10,888 7.4 4.0 21.9 7.9
35 to 39 3,742 314 1,044 5,100 3.0 5.4 17.3 3.7
40 to 44 1,706 432 910 3,048 1.4 7.4 15.1 2.2
45 to 49 865 544 656 2,065 0.7 9.4 10.9 1.5
50 to 54 546 728 399 1,673 0.4 12.5 6.6 1.2
55 to 59 351 825 218 1,394 0.3 14.2 3.6 1.0
60 to 64 200 791 127 1,118 0.2 13.6 2.1 0.8
65 or older 181 1,783 64 2,028 0.1 30.7 1.1 1.5
Total, stated ages 126,270 5,817 6,045 138,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age not stated 2 1 - 3 - - - -
Total, all ages 126,272 5,818 6,045 138,135 91.4 4.2 4.4 100.0
Average ages 25.4 56.4 38.5 27.3 - - - -
Median ages1 23.8 58.0 36.9 24.2 - - - -
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.