DIVORCE IN CANADA
NEW HIGH, iRECORD SET LAST YEAR. Ottawa (CanadaDivorces in Canada reached a new high record figure in 1932, when 887 marriages were dissolved — 860 by the courts of eight provinces and 27 hy Parliament, which is the only tribunal competent to grant divorces in Qnebec. The increase was 203 over the total for 1931, but only 12 above the figure for 1930. There is no record of the number of Canadians who sought relief from marital problems under the easier diVoree laws of certa,in states of the United States. More than one-quarter of last year's divorces were grante.d in Ontarip. Altogether five provinces showed increases ffom the preceding year, and four reported decreases. In 58.7 per cent. of the cases the petitioners were wives. According to the latest census there were 4049 divorced males and 3392 divorced females in Canada. Divor- • ced persons who had remarried numbered 669 and 589 respectively. • i-
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 543, 29 May 1933, Page 7
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155DIVORCE IN CANADA Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 543, 29 May 1933, Page 7
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