Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 2011

Canada
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +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 1.63 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 378,973 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
378,973
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
34,555,452
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
10-140.10.0%137
15-1912.73.9%13,826
20-2446.114.2%53,473
25-2996.629.7%113,929
30-34107.032.9%124,808
35-3952.416.1%59,892
40-4410.23.1%12,250
45-490.50.1%657
50-540.00.0%0