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Breastfeeding initiation: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Breastfeeding initiation (%). All 6 provinces and territories with data in Breastfeeding by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0905-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 93.7 (Canada).

Lowest: 89.4 to 93 %
Group 2: 93 to 96.7 %
Group 3: 96.7 to 96.8 %
Group 4: 96.8 to 97.2 %
Highest: 97.2 to 97.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Only provinces with estimates published for the latest year are ranked; Atlantic provinces' estimates were suppressed for small samples.


1	Alberta	97.4
2	British Columbia	97.2
3	Saskatchewan	96.8
4	Manitoba	96.7
5	Ontario	93
6	Quebec	89.4

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0905-01: Health indicator statistics, annual estimates. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by breastfeeding initiation (%) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0905-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-breastfeeding-initiation/

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