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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by fertility rate, total (children per female)

All 13 provinces and territories with data in Fertility and birth rates by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0418-01. 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: 2026-10-27

National value: 1.26 (Canada).

Lowest: 1.02 to 1.07
Group 2: 1.07 to 1.21
Group 3: 1.21 to 1.28
Group 4: 1.28 to 1.5
Highest: 1.5 to 2.4

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.


1	Nunavut	2.4
2	Saskatchewan	1.58
3	Manitoba	1.5
4	Alberta	1.42
5	Quebec	1.36
6	Northwest Territories	1.28
7	Ontario	1.23
8	New Brunswick	1.21
9	Prince Edward Island	1.18
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	1.08
11	Nova Scotia	1.07
12	British Columbia	1.04
13	Yukon	1.02

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0418-01: Crude birth rate, age-specific fertility rates and total fertility rate (live births). Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by fertility rate, total (children per female) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0418-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-fertility-rate-total-children-per-female/

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