Good for family, children and the country: Just over 16.6 million people aged 25 and over had been legally married at some point in their life in 2001. Of this group, 89 per cent, or nearly 14.8 million people, were married once, while about 10 per cent or 1.7 million had married twice. On the other hand, roughly 137,000, less than one per cent, had tied the knot more than twice, virtually all of them three times. Read more: - http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/28062006/2/national-till-death-part-most-married-people-stick-first-spouse.html