For individuals 15 years old and senior.
[Question 4 was asked of persons age 15+.]
[] 1 Was never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 In common law marriage
[] 4 Widow, widower
[] 5 Officially divorced
[] 6 Split
Number of (cohabiter) spouse (from column 1 of the list of household members in Form 1-premise) _ _ _
[This question was asked of persons who were married or were in common law marriage.]

33.3. In question 4 "Your marital status?":

- the answer "married" is to be completed for persons in a married couple registered with the civil registry offices;

- the answer "in common law marriage" should be completed for persons in a consensual union who live in the same household and have marriage-like relationship with each other that are not registered with the civil registry offices;

- the answer "widow, widower" is to be completed for persons previously married whose marriage was stopped due to death or adjudication of death case of the spouse and who did not remarry;

- the answer "divorced" is to be completed for persons previously in a registered marriage who at the census moment were unmarried with their divorce being registered with the civil registry office;

- the answer "separated" is to be completed for persons in a registered marriage who do not jointly keep the house. These also include persons previously in unregistered marriage who at the census moment were separated;