{"id":4420,"date":"2026-03-24T22:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:31:58","slug":"73-of-canadians-say-many-stay-in-relationships-for-finances-survey-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4420","title":{"rendered":"73% of Canadians say \u2018many\u2019 stay in relationships for finances: survey – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A newly released survey by H&R Block Canada suggests that financial circumstances can be part of why Canadians stay in relationships.<\/p>\n

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The data found that 73 per cent of Canadians believe that \u201cmany people stay together in marriage or in common law relationships for financial reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, 80 per cent of Canadians say life is more affordable in a relationship versus being single.<\/p>\n

Nearly one in four (23 per cent) of surveyed Canadians also said they like the idea of a \u201cfive-year renewable relationship contract\u201d instead of getting married.<\/p>\n

The survey states that four in 10 Canadians (40 per cent) say marriage is \u201cmainly about practicalities for those planning or already have children.\u201d<\/p>\n

This view is higher among Canadians who identify as male (at 45 per cent) versus female (36 per cent).<\/p>\n

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In addition, 83 per cent believe that couples often stay together for the sake of their children.<\/p>\n

Clay Jarvis, a financial expert at NerdWallet Canada, said marriage is a \u201cmajor financial decision\u201d that should encourage couples to evaluate their financial situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if the conversation is about determining whether to have kids because you can afford them now, I think that\u2019s because your reality now is what you\u2019re basing all of your decisions on,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t know where your career is going to be, if you\u2019re going to have your job two, three, five years from now.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo think, \u2018Well I\u2019m going to need to be spending thousands of dollars on diapers over the next few years or baby food or we need to get a bigger house, or we needed to buy a car,\u2019 all of those things add up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A September 2025 Statistics Canada study reported that Canada\u2019s total fertility rate was 1.25 children per woman in 2024, a record low.<\/p>\n

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The survey also found that over a quarter of Canadians (27 per cent) say, \u201cif they won the lottery and had a partner, they\u2019d likely split up with their partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More than half of Canadians (57 per cent) were found to believe married or common law couples \u201cget more tax advantages than single Canadians,\u201d with 63 per cent saying, \u201cthere should be more tax breaks for single Canadians who don\u2019t get to share expenses with a partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarvis said that while there are \u201ca lot of benefits to being common law or married,\u201d this does not apply to everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not really something that\u2019s going to make a huge difference for especially a lot of young couples,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of these benefits, they\u2019re like sharing medical expenses and donations, we\u2019re transferring unused credits around, pension income or disability tax credits you know things related to RSPs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf people believe that if you get married, all of a sudden, things are going to be easy for you when it comes to tax time, I think that\u2019s just a really distorted and maybe na\u00efve way of looking at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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