Fertility and birth rates by province and territory

Name: Fertility and birth rates by province and territory (Canada)
Creator: Statistics Canada
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Total fertility rate (children per female) and crude birth rate (live births per 1,000 population), by the mother's province or territory of residence.

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).

Fertility rate, total (children per female), 2025, sorted high to low. 13 areas ranked by Fertility rate, total (children per female). Highest: Nunavut (2.4); lowest: Yukon (1.0); national value 1.3. Full data in the table below.Source: Statistics Canada.

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Canada	1.26	9
Newfoundland and Labrador	1.08	6.1
Prince Edward Island	1.18	8.1
Nova Scotia	1.07	7.3
New Brunswick	1.21	7.4
Quebec	1.36	8.6
Ontario	1.23	9.1
Manitoba	1.5	10.5
Saskatchewan	1.58	10.5
Alberta	1.42	10.6
British Columbia	1.04	7.9
Yukon	1.02	9
Northwest Territories	1.28	9.9
Nunavut	2.4	18.7

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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Source agency: Statistics Canada
Dataset: Table 13-10-0418-01
Table: Fertility and birth rates by province and territory
Data last updated: 2026-10-27
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Fertility and birth rates by province and territory (Canada, 2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0418-01. Retrieved 2026-10-27 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-fertility/