In 2022, there were more single males living in Canada than single women. In that year, there were 9.67 million single men, and 8.6 single women in Canada. In comparison, there were far more widowed women than men, with 1.59 million widowed women and 472,170 widowed men in Canada.
Resident population of Canada in 2022, by legal marital status and gender
(in 1,000s)
Data presented here is by 'legal marital status' including persons living in common law.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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