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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Canada & Finland

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STAT Canada Finland HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 16%
Ranked 3rd.
17%
Ranked 2nd. 6% more than Canada

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 20th. The same as Finland
18
Ranked 45th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 20th. The same as Finland
18
Ranked 47th.
Marriageable age > Notes Varies by province , but generally 18 years old, 16 years with parental consent, and 15 years with judicial consent. Under 18 with the consent of the ministry of justice in extraordinary circumstances, in which case parents or other guardian must be heard, but actual parental consent is not required.
Marriages 147,288
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Finland
28,741
Ranked 24th.

Marriages per thousand people 4.42
Ranked 71st.
5.31
Ranked 23th. 20% more than Canada

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 122nd. The same as Finland
18
Ranked 107th.
Rural marriages per thousand people 1.52
Ranked 17th. 17% more than Finland
1.29
Ranked 16th.

Teen marriage rate > Men 1.3
Ranked 8th. 13 times more than Finland
0.1
Ranked 33th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 3.1
Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Finland
0.5
Ranked 32nd.
Total divorces 70,226
Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Finland
12,977
Ranked 16th.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.11
Ranked 37th.
2.4
Ranked 9th. 14% more than Canada

Urban marriages per thousand people 7.15
Ranked 2nd. 81% more than Finland
3.96
Ranked 11th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.8 years
Ranked 5th.
30.2 years
Ranked 3rd. 13% more than Canada
Years spent single before marriage > Males 29.6 years
Ranked 4th.
32.3 years
Ranked 3rd. 9% more than Canada
Urban marriages 150,261
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Finland
21,331
Ranked 17th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 136th. The same as Finland
18
Ranked 119th.
Rural marriages 31,922
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Finland
6,964
Ranked 20th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Marriageable age (Africa); Wikipedia: Marriageable age (South America); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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