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

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STAT Canada France HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 74%
Ranked 9th.
76.4%
Ranked 6th. 3% more than Canada

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 74%
Ranked 9th.
76.4%
Ranked 6th. 3% more than Canada

Contraception use among married women > Condom 15%
Ranked 7th. 90% more than France
7.9%
Ranked 10th.

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 20th. The same as France
18
Ranked 6th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 20th. The same as France
18
Ranked 6th.
Marriages 147,288
Ranked 19th.
235,000
Ranked 6th. 60% more than Canada

Marriages per thousand people 4.42
Ranked 71st. 24% more than France
3.58
Ranked 43th.

Rural marriages per thousand people 1.52
Ranked 17th. 91% more than France
0.794
Ranked 30th.

Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 25 children per population of 800,000 5 children
Teen marriage rate > Men 1.3
Ranked 8th. 13 times more than France
0.1
Ranked 12th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 3.1
Ranked 11th. 6 times more than France
0.5
Ranked 16th.
Total divorces 70,226
Ranked 15th.
129,802
Ranked 8th. 85% more than Canada

Total divorces per thousand people 2.11
Ranked 37th. 6% more than France
1.99
Ranked 34th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 7.15
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than France
2.93
Ranked 24th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.8 years
Ranked 5th.
30.2 years
Ranked 2nd. 13% more than Canada
Marriageable age > Notes Varies by province , but generally 18 years old, 16 years with parental consent, and 15 years with judicial consent. url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4838090.stm | work=BBC News | title=France raises marriage age limit | date=23 March 2006}}</ref> but the age condition may be waived with a special dispense granted by the authorities if at least one parent consents to the marriage (or one grandparent if both parents are dead or unable to give consent, or a family council if all parents and grandparents are dead or unable to give consent). After 18, parents (or grandparents) may still prevent the marriage by refusing their consent, but their opposition may be waived by the authorities, whereas before 18, their consent is absolutely needed.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 29.6 years
Ranked 4th.
32.3 years
Ranked 2nd. 9% more than Canada
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 122nd. The same as France
18
Ranked 112th.
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients no data no data
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity author= |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2826462/ |title=Disclosing the identity of sperm donors |publisher=Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |date= |accessdate=2012-11-13}}</ref> date=November 2012}}</ref>
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment no data no data
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 15%
Ranked 7th. 90% more than France
7.9%
Ranked 10th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 72%
Ranked 5th.
74.1%
Ranked 3rd. 3% more than Canada

Urban marriages 150,261
Ranked 2nd.
190,401
Ranked 7th. 27% more than Canada

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 136th. The same as France
18
Ranked 125th.
Rural marriages 31,922
Ranked 5th.
51,644
Ranked 9th. 62% more than Canada

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 72%
Ranked 5th.
74.1%
Ranked 3rd. 3% more than Canada

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; 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.; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); 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; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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