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In 2001 there were 146,618 marriages in Canada, down 6.8% from 157,395 in 2000. {Link without Title} Prince Edward Island had the highest crude marriage rate (6.5 per 1,000 people) and Quebec had the lowest (3.0). Marriages in Canada can be either Civil or as religious. Marriages may be performed by members of the clergy, marriage commissioners, judges, justices of the peace or clerks of the court.. In 2001, the majority of Canadian marriages (76.4%) were religious, with the remainder (23.6%) being performed by non-clergy. MARRIAGE RESTRICTIONS The federal ''Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act'' (S.C. 1990, c. 46) {Link without Title} prevents the following persons from getting married: : 2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), persons related by consanguinity, affinity or adoption are not prohibited from marrying each other by reason only of their relationship. : (2) No person shall marry another person if they are related :: (a) lineally by consanguinity or adoption; :: (b) as brother and sister by consanguinity, whether by the whole blood or by the half-blood; or :: (c) as brother and sister by adoption. The provinces set additional rules governing who can get married.
Same-sex Marriage is legal Canada. DIVORCE Termination of marriage in Canada is covered by the federal '' Divorce Act '' (RSC 1985 c. 3 (2nd Supp.)) {Link without Title} . A Divorce may be granted for one of the following reasons:
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