STATS SHOW HUGE SURGE IN COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIPS OVER MARRIAGE
OTTAWA, July 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Recent statistics have revealed that Canada is suffering tremendously from the revolution in attitudes towards sexual relationships. A July 11 report entitled “Changing conjugal life in Canada” based on new data from the 2001 General Social Survey (GSS), showed that close to 1.2 million couples were living in a common-law relationship, up 20% from 1995. The statistics reveal that while the vast majority (90%) of Canadian men and women aged 50 to 69 had started their conjugal life through marriage, younger generations are opting for common-law marriage particularly in Quebec. More than 40% of […]
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