Band 7+: The two pie charts below show the marital status of the populations of Canada and Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The pie charts give demographic information about marital status in both Australia and Canada.

It is immediately noticeable that the vast majority of people in both countries are technically married. However, in Canada the majority of these marriages have ended but the people have not taken divorced with 53% of the population are separated from their spouse. This is compared to only 41% in Australia where is a significantly higher proportion of people still in their marriage.

With regard to the other figures they are relatively similar for both countries with slightly more Canadians never having been married or having lost their spouse and slightly more Australians being divorced. However, another striking fact is that there are three percent of Canadians living in a same sex marriage but there are no Australians in same sex marriage.

Overall, we can see that the majority of people were. either married or separated but not yet divorced in both countries. However, Canadians were more likely to have ended their relationships.