Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 2012

Canada
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +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 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 383,018 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
383,018
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
34,922,516
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%114
15-1912.33.8%13,168
20-2444.713.7%52,350
25-2996.429.6%114,095
30-34108.033.1%128,303
35-3953.516.4%61,667
40-4410.63.2%12,638
45-490.50.2%686
50-540.00.0%0