Child Marriage Still Practiced Across Canada, With an Increase in Common-Law Unions: Study

The main campus of McGill University at Mount Royal in downtown Montreal, Canada, on Nov. 4, 2018. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

A new study found that child marriage still exists across in Canada, with an increase of cases in common-law unions.

According to the study, over 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018.