Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1986

Canada
1986
Total fertility rate: 1.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.58 children per woman in 1986 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 369,282 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.58
Births
369,282
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
26,211,031
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.30.1%293
15-1922.67.1%21,934
20-2479.124.9%94,988
25-29117.437.0%143,801
30-3472.422.8%82,869
35-3922.27.0%22,662
40-443.21.0%2,668
45-490.10.0%69
50-540.00.0%0