Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1997

Canada
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +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 1.57 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 350,608 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.57
Births
350,608
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
30,059,089
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%276
15-1920.16.4%19,855
20-2464.920.7%64,053
25-29105.133.6%111,273
30-3484.326.9%105,001
35-3932.810.5%43,375
40-445.31.7%6,536
45-490.20.1%217
50-540.00.0%21