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Dissolutions of marriage (divorces), by province, 1941 to 1965

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Dissolutions of marriage (divorces), by province, 1941 to 1965
	Canada	Ontario	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia
	number
Average 1941 to 1945	3,576	1,398	305	207	432	937
Average 1946 to 1950	6,877	2,839	500	383	724	1,676
Average 1951 to 1955	5,811	2,430	356	231	612	1,461
Average 1956 to 1960	6,498	2,801	315	247	788	1,514
1962	6,768¹	3,140	339	281	1,084	1,490
1963	7,686²	3,237	369	331	1,268	1,516
1964	8,623³	3,508	418	315	1,389	1,596
1965	8,941⁵	4,054	443	312	1,348	1,961
	rate per 100,000 population
Average 1941 to 1945	30.3	35.8	42.0	24.4	54.3	104.8
Average 1946 to 1950	53.0	66.4	66.8	45.9	84.6	155.8
Average 1951 to 1955	39.1	49.2	44.0	26.9	60.3	116.8
Average 1956 to 1960	38.2	48.4	35.9	27.6	65.3	99.8
1962	36.4¹	49.5	36.3	30.2	79.1	89.8
1963	40.7²	50.2	38.8	35.5	90.2	89.4
1964	44.8³	53.3	43.6	33.4	97.0	91.8
1965	45.7⁵	60.2	46.0	32.8	92.9	109.6
Note: Figures for individual years from 1900 to 1953 are given in the Canada Year Book, 1956, p. 230, and for 1954 to 1961 in the Canada Year Book, 1965, pp. 263 to 264.
1. Includes 14 in Yukon and five in the Northwest Territories.
2. Includes 13 in Yukon and two in the Northwest Territories.
3. Includes 24 in Yukon and two in the Northwest Territories.
4. Includes Bills of Divorce passed by the House of Commons during the 1964 to 1965 session of Parliament.
5. Includes 12 in Yukon and six in the Northwest Territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.