Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1900 — MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE. [ARTICLE]

MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE.

Up in the Dominion—Some Statistic* of Divorces Granted. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 13.—During the last year bills of divorce were granted as follows in Canada: Ontario, 3; Quebec, 1; Northwest Territory, 1; Nova Scotia, o; New Brunswick, 5; British Columbia, 2. In the thirty-two years since con federation there have been granted by parliament and the courts 271 divorces in the whole Dominion of Canada. In Ontario, population 2.114,321, there have been granted 45 divorces; in Quebec, population 1.45X.535, 10 divorces; in Manitoba, population 152,500, 1 divorce; in Nova Scotia, population 405,000. 91 divorces; in New Brunswick, population 321,300, 73 divorces; in British Columbia, population 80,200, 43 divorces. There has not l>een a divorce in Prince Edward island, population 100,000 in thirtv rears.