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New Canadian census reveals gay couples are embracing marriage
Seven years after Canada legalized same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian couples are running to the altar.
Between 2006 and 2011, the number of same-sex married couples more than doubled, according to new census data released Wednesday.
While the number of opposite-sex couples who took the leap into matrimony grew by only three per cent since the last census, the number of same-sex couples tying the knot jumped by somewhere between 121 and 181 per cent over the same period, from about 7,500 in 2006 to as high as 21,000 in 2011.
Between 2006 and 2011, the number of same-sex married couples more than doubled, according to new census data released Wednesday.
While the number of opposite-sex couples who took the leap into matrimony grew by only three per cent since the last census, the number of same-sex couples tying the knot jumped by somewhere between 121 and 181 per cent over the same period, from about 7,500 in 2006 to as high as 21,000 in 2011.
Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/national/Census+couples+embracing+marriage/7267249/story.html
Ontario was the first province to legalize same sex marriage, in 2003, and in 2005 it became legal accross the country.
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