Data table for chart 2
| Divorce and other family breakdown court cases | Time since initiation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year or less | greater than 1 to 2 years | greater than 2 to 3 years | greater than 3 to 4 years | greater than 4 years | |
| percentage of active cases1 | |||||
| 49 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | |
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1. Refers to court cases that had activity or were initiated during the year. Percentages exclude cases where time since initiation is unknown. Note: Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan due to the unavailability of data. "Other family breakdown" refers to cases that addressed issues of custody, access, support or division of property outside of a divorce proceeding such as cases of separation or those deciding arrangements for a child born outside a union. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey. |
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