Institute Of Marriage and Family Canada, Ottawa, ON

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Policymakers who feel more comfortable talking about metrics than marriages need to understand that marriage could be one of the most important metrics." --Dr. Brad Wilcox, sociologist On Tuesday, February 25 at noon, the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada proudly releasesd new research about marriage in Canada. We know marriage is declining in Canada, but how? Peter Jon Mitchell and Philip Cross revealed in their research The Marriage Gap Between Rich and Poor Canadians that marriage has declined more amongst those of lower income. In short, marriage has declined most in the group that could benefit from marriage most. This lunchtime briefing highlighted the results of this research conducted for the first time in Canada. Did you know that marriage is a powerful protector against poverty? Did you know that marriage is accessed unequally between Canadians of different income brackets?