Fertility in Canada, 2026

Canada
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

Country

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 is projected at 1.33 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.7 years old. In total, 361,315 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.33
Births
361,315
Births per 1,000 people
8.9
Mean age of mothers
31.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
40,467,728
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
10-140.00.0%33
15-194.11.5%4,419
20-2423.48.8%27,475
25-2969.626.2%93,384
30-3499.937.6%139,356
35-3955.720.9%78,329
40-4412.24.6%16,733
45-491.20.5%1,558
50-540.00.0%28