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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Legal Marital Status (6), Common-law Status (3), Age Groups (17) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2006 Census - 100% Data

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St. John's
Legal marital status (6) Common-law status (3)
Total - Common-law status Not in a common-law relationship In a common-law relationship
Note(s) :
  1. LEGALLY MARRIED (AND NOT SEPARATED)
    In 2006, this category includes spouses in same-sex marriages.
Total - Legal marital status 151,835 139,955 11,875
Never legally married (single) 54,400 45,870 8,530
Legally married (and not separated) 1 74,245 74,250 0
Separated, but still legally married 4,050 3,600 455
Divorced 10,230 7,610 2,620
Widowed 8,905 8,625 275
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-552-XCB2006006 (St. John's, Code001)