Marriage Counseling and EFT Couple Therapy in Toronto

Men and women are not from different planets. - John Gottman

The chance of a first marriage ending in divorce over a forty year period is 45%.
The divorce rate for 2nd marriages is 60% higher.
25% of people between ages 18-44 have parents who are divorced.
1 million new children a year are added to the roster of marital failure.
The major impact of divorce on kids often doesn't show up until romantic relationships develop.
2/3 of divorces are initiated by women - despite the high price they pay emotionally or financially.
An unhappy marriage can increase your chances of getting sick by 35%.
Stress of divorce/separation can depress your immune system's function; happy marriages boost it.
Children raised in homes with marital hostility show chronically elevated stress hormones that can have long term psychological and behavioral consequences.

Stats taken from The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman, and The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce by Judith Wallerstein.

The structure of Canadian families is becoming more diverse. The traditional family of two parents with children is no longer the norm in Canada. In 2006, legally married couples with children made up 34.6% of all families. Only 25 years earlier, in 1981, 55% of all families were legally married couples with children. While the proportion of traditional families has been declining, the proportion of common-law and lone-parent families is increasing. (For more information on family formation and dissolution and societal changes that have led to these trends, see Family Life .)

The proportion of married couples (with and without children) decreased in the 25 years between 1981 and 2001, from 83.1% in 1981 to 68.6% in 2006. Common-law and lone-parent families represented 15.5 % and 15.9% of all families in 2006. Furthermore, lone-parent families accounted for one out of four Canadian families with children. - Statistics Canada