Vital Statistics - Birth Database
Legal marital status of mother, category
Legal marital status refers to the marital status of the person under the law not taking into account common-law status. All persons aged less than 15 are considered as never married. Civil unions are included. Same-sex marriage has been legal in all provinces and territories of Canada since 2005.
Mother refers to a woman that have a relation to a child by giving birth and/or by raising the child.
The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:
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