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Brides and bridegrooms, by age and marital status, 1964
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| 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 | - | - | - | - |
| 1. The ages below and above which half of the marriages occurred. | ||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | ||||||||
