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Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and marital status

Number
Marital status 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Single 31,919 29,684 27,491 29,890 33,036 32,686 29,884 29,833 31,290 33,814
Married, common-law partner 60,660 55,059 53,712 56,715 63,452 61,042 57,693 61,335 63,143 70,140
Separated, divorced, widowed 1,879 1,672 1,526 1,588 1,603 1,671 1,558 1,386 1,484 1,568
Marital status not stated 55 31 13 7 3 26 5 4 5 2
Males 94,513 86,446 82,742 88,200 98,094 95,425 89,140 92,558 95,922 105,524
Single 21,377 20,240 19,111 21,399 24,393 24,057 22,880 25,167 26,471 28,456
Married, common-law partner 70,668 65,089 66,476 69,817 76,794 74,668 70,929 73,617 73,476 79,944
Separated, divorced, widowed 6,748 6,290 6,372 5,488 5,362 6,147 5,527 5,599 6,013 6,103
Marital status not stated 39 20 11 9 4 27 6 2 3 4
Females 98,832 91,639 91,970 96,713 106,553 104,899 99,342 104,385 105,963 114,507
Single 53,296 49,924 46,602 51,289 57,429 56,743 52,764 55,000 57,761 62,270
Married, common-law partner 131,328 120,148 120,188 126,532 140,246 135,710 128,622 134,952 136,619 150,084
Separated, divorced, widowed 8,627 7,962 7,898 7,076 6,965 7,818 7,085 6,985 7,497 7,671
Marital status not stated 94 51 24 16 7 53 11 6 8 6
Gender not stated 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0
Total 193,348 178,086 174,713 184,915 204,648 200,324 188,484 196,944 201,885 220,031
Percentage distribution
Marital status 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Single 33.8 34.3 33.2 33.9 33.7 34.3 33.5 32.2 32.6 32.0
Married, common-law partner 64.2 63.7 64.9 64.3 64.7 64.0 64.7 66.3 65.8 66.5
Separated, divorced, widowed 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5
Marital status not stated 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Single 21.6 22.1 20.8 22.1 22.9 22.9 23.0 24.1 25.0 24.9
Married, common-law partner 71.5 71.0 72.3 72.2 72.1 71.2 71.4 70.5 69.3 69.8
Separated, divorced, widowed 6.8 6.9 6.9 5.7 5.0 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.3
Marital status not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Single 27.6 28.0 26.7 27.7 28.1 28.3 28.0 27.9 28.6 28.3
Married, common-law partner 67.9 67.5 68.8 68.4 68.5 67.7 68.2 68.5 67.7 68.2
Separated, divorced, widowed 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.5
Marital status not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and marital status, 2010
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