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.

The two given pie charts illustrate the proportions of the marital status of individuals who reside in Canada and Australia in percentage.

Overall, the two largest groups of people (over 80%) in both countries are individuals who are married and separated but not divorced.

In Canada, 53% of the citizens are not legally separated, and 29% are married. Meanwhile, in Australia, the difference between people in these two groups is only 5% where there are more legally wedded couples than non-legally separated individuals.

Moreover, the rates of widowers and singles are 1% to 2% higher in Canada than in Australia, respectively. However, there are more divorcees and divorces in Australia compared to Canada although the discrepancy is merely 1%. Furthermore, we can see from the charts that only in Canada can we find citizens who are married to the same gender. And the ratio of Canadians who are in same-sex marriage to divorced is 3 to 1. Overall, both countries have similar distributions in marital status with slight differences in the same-sex marriage found in Canada.