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The first federal Divorce Act was passed by Parliament in 1968, establishing a uniform divorce law across Canada. Before that, there were different laws relating to divorce in different provinces and territories. From 1840 to 1968, many divorces in Canada were granted by private acts of the Parliament of Canada.
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Taken from Statutes of Canada, 1887, chap. 129, An act for...
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Divorce law is under federal jurisdiction. In 1968, Canada's first unified divorce law was passed. At that time, divorce became easier to obtain, although considerable legal and other difficulties remained. Divorce could be obtained on the basis of a matrimonial offence (previously the only basis on which divorce was available) or on the basis of m...
The divorce rate has been steadily rising. Following the first major change in the divorce law in 1968, there was a sharp increase (from 54.8 divorces per 100 000 population in 1968, to 124.2 in 1969). Since that time the increase has continued at an accelerated pace with a second peak in the late 1980s following more revisions of the Divorce Act. ...
Canadian divorce rates alone are not sufficient indicators of the breakdown of relationships, because they do not include judicial separations, divorces granted in other countries and desertions. Since divorce has become easier to obtain, the reasons for underestimating union dissolution have likely decreased, but the break-up of common-law unions ...
Family lawcomprises separation, divorce, custody, access, child and/or spousal support arrangements, protection orders and guardianship. There are also programs and services such as mediation and conciliation to resolve some family law disputes outside of the court. Since 1978, all provinces have substantially changed their family laws, generally a...
Lone-parent families result from divorce, separation, death or having a child outside of a union. Recent studies indicated that common-law families are five times more likely to experience a parental split than married parents. When there are dependent children involved, divorce usually leads to the formation of one-parent households. In 2002, appr...
Given that a high proportion of marriages end in divorce, a large number of people in their middle years again become available for marriage. The majority of people who divorce remarry, although men are more likely to remarry than women. In the 1990s, approximately one-third of all Canadian marriages involved at least one partner who was previously...
According to the General Social Survey, most Canadians marry once and fewer than 1 per cent marry more than twice. The demographic trends that have been noted for Canadian families (e.g., rising divorce rate and greater numbers of women in the labour force) are not restricted to Canada but are typical of all highly industrialized nations, although ...
for those granted after July 1, 1968, they were granted in circumstances that conformed to the Canadian rules relating to domicile that existed at the time; for those granted on or after the new Act came into force, they were granted in circumstances that conformed to the Canadian rules relating to residence immediately before the commencement of such proceedings; but
Decrees of divorce under the 1968 legislation could not be granted unless a trial was held before a judge who was satisfied on all of the following: that there were grounds other than that the parties consented to a divorce; that the parties had not colluded with each other (i.e., conspired to mislead the court); that there had been no condonation or forgiveness and approval of the offence ...
Divorce Records. i. Prior to 1968 divorces in Canada were granted only by private acts of the Government of Canada. Although there are records of these private acts back to 1840, just five divorces were granted by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada prior to Confederation in 1867. Expand All.
Divorce Rules (part of the BC Supreme Court Rules). In the absence of a national divorce law, until 1968 divorce in Canada varied from province to province depending on whether legislation was in place prior to Confederation; divorces could also be granted by an Act of Parliament.
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Divorce. Our Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968 database includes references to divorce acts printed in federal government publications such as the Statutes of Canada. The database main page includes a section on Other Resources, which provides information on records after 1968 and sources available in the provinces and territories.
