Classification of Marital Status - short title variant for dissemination

3 - Not married and not living common law

This category includes persons who are neither married nor living common law.

3.1 - Never married

This category includes persons who have never legally married and are not living with a person as a couple.

3.2 - Separated

This category includes persons who are married but who are no longer living with their spouse (for reasons other than, for example, illness, work or school), have not obtained a divorce and are not living with a person as a couple.

3.3 - Divorced

This category includes persons who have obtained a legal divorce, have not remarried and are not living with a person as a couple.

3.4 - Widowed

This category includes persons who have lost their married spouse through death, have not remarried and are not living with a person as a couple.