Chart and table of the Canada birth rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

Crude birth rates, age-specific fertility rates and total fertility rates (live births), 2000 to most recent year.

The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. In 1860, Canadian women of childbearing age would go on to have 5.7 children on average, however this number dropped significantly by 1925, where it was just 3.3. It then plateaued in the late 1920s, before dropping again, to 2.7 in 1940. Similarly to the United States, Canada experienced a large baby boom after the Second World War, rising to 3.9 in 1960, before declining again into the 1980s, and then plateauing between 1.5 and 1.7 until today. Canada's fertility rate is expected to be 1.5 children per woman in 2020.

In Canada, the crude birth rate in 1860 was forty live births per thousand people, meaning that four percent of the population had been born in that year. From this point until the turn of the century, the crude birth rate decreases gradually, to just over thirty births per thousand. Over the next twenty years, this number hovers just below thirty, and thereafter it decreases much more rapidly than before, to 20.7 in 1940, before Canada's baby boom in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, where the birth rate increased to over 27. From the end of the baby boom until the late 1970s the population decreases rapidly again, before the rate of decline then slows. Since 1975, the crude birth rate of Canada will have dropped from 15.6, to it's lowest point in 2020, where it is expected to be just 10.5 births per thousand people.

Number and percentage of live births, by month of birth, 1991 to most recent year.

Number of live births, by place of residence of mother (Canada, province or territory, and outside Canada) and place of occurrence (Canada, province or territory, and the United States), 1991 to most recent year.

The crude birth rate in Canada decreased to nine live births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the previous year. Therefore, the rate in Canada saw its lowest number in that year with nine live births per 1,000 inhabitants. Notably, the rate is continuously decreasing over the last years.The crude birth rate is the annual number of live births divided by the total population, expressed per 1,000 people.Find more statistics on other topics about Canada with key insights such as life expectancy of men at birth, total life expectancy at birth, and infant mortality rate.

In 2022, the total fertility rate in Canada decreased by 0.1 children per woman (-6.94 percent) compared to 2021. The fertility rate thereby reached its lowest value in recent years. Notably, the fertility rate is continuously decreasing over the last years.The total fertility rate is the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (generally considered 15 to 44 years) is expected to have throughout her reproductive years. Unlike birth rates, which are based on the actual number of live births in a given population, fertility rates are estimates (similar to life expectancy) that apply to a hypothetical woman, as they assume that current patterns in age-specific fertility will remain constant throughout her reproductive years.Find more statistics on other topics about Canada with key insights such as total life expectancy at birth, crude birth rate, and death rate.

Canada CA: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data was reported at 1.330 Ratio in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.440 Ratio for 2021. Canada CA: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 1.680 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.811 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 1.330 Ratio in 2022. Canada CA: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.;Weighted average;Relevance to gender indicator: it can indicate the status of women within households and a woman’s decision about the number and spacing of children.

Number and percentage of live births, by age group of mother, 1991 to most recent year.

This statistic shows the total number of births in Canada in 2023, distinguished by province. Between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, 137,748 babies were born in Ontario. The life expectancy of babies born in 2021 in Canada was 82.6 years.

Estimated annual number of births by gender for Canada, provinces and territories.

Between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, there was an estimated 357,903 babies born in Canada. This is an increase from 327,107 births over the corresponding period in 2000-2001. Births in Canada In 2021, there were more male babies born than female babies, and overall births have been increasing since 2000. Out of all Canadian metropolitan areas Toronto, Ontario had the highest number of births in 2021. Thunder Bay, Ontario was the metropolitan area with the lowest number of births in the same year. Life expectancy in Canada Canada is known for being a country with a high standard of living, and with a high standard of living comes a high life expectancy. The life expectancy at birth in Canada stands at just under 82 years and has been increasing overall over the past decade. The highest life expectancy in the country was found in British Columbia, while the lowest life expectancy was found in Canada’s northernmost territory, Nunavut.

Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) in Canada was reported at 1.054 in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Canada - Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

This statistic shows the total number of births in Canada from 2000 to 2023, by gender. Between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, a total of 183,581 male and 174,322 female births were reported in Canada.

From July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, approximately 264 thousand births were recorded across all census metropolitan areas in Canada. This statistic breaks down this figure by metropolitan area. The city that registered the most births was Toronto, where around 62.5 thousand babies were born.

Number of live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by type of birth (single or multiple), 1991 to most recent year.

This publication is a compilation of historical data relating to selected birth and fertility data from 1921-1990 for Canada, the ten provinces, and two territories. Major topics included in this publication relate to: the numbers and rates of live births; total, general, and age-specific fertility rates; births and birth rates by age of mother and order of live birth; and birthweights of newborns. This publication contains the following sections: (a) a narrative description of the historical trends exhibited by Canada's birth and fertility rates, supplemented by charts on these topics; and (b) a set of statistical tables containing historical birth and fertility data since 1921. The statistical data in this publication, along with complete documentation, are available in machine readable form from the Canadian Centre for Health Information. This publication was compiled in the Health Status Section of the Canadian Centre for Health Information and is one of a series of historical publications relating to the vital statistics events of births, marriages, deaths, infant mortality and abortions.

Between July 2023 and June 2024, there were 78,050 births in Quebec. This statistic displays the number of births in Canada from July 2011/June 2012 to July 2023/June 2024, by province and territory.

Numbers of live births, number of infant deaths and infant mortality rate, by sex, for Canada and Inuit regions.