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- Journals and periodicals: 82-003-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
Health Reports, published by the Health Analysis and Modelling Division of Statistics Canada, is a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research. It is designed for a broad audience that includes health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. The journal publishes articles of wide interest that contain original and timely analyses of national or provincial/territorial surveys or administrative databases. New articles are published electronically each month.
Health Reports had an impact factor of 3.3 for 2024 and a five-year impact factor of 4.4. All articles are indexed in PubMed. Our online catalogue is free and receives more than 700,000 visits per year. External submissions are welcome.Release date: 2026-07-15 - Journals and periodicals: 82-625-XGeography: CanadaDescription: Health fact sheets will include short, focused, single-theme analysis documents. Over the course of the series, analysis will include topics on: Health conditions, lifestyle, well-being, disability, prevention and detection of disease, deaths, pregnancy and birth, health care services and environmental factors.Release date: 2026-05-20
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022003Description: This interactive dashboard permits the visualization of various fertility indicators and how they have changed over time for Canada, provinces and territories. The dashboard shows the total fertility rate, the average age of childbearing, the fertility rate by age group of mother, the number of births and the associated annual change. Data can be visualized for Canada or for a selected province or territory by single year as well as historically.Release date: 2025-09-24
- Articles and reports: 91F0015M2024001Description: This article provides an in-depth look at trends in fertility in Canada from 1921 to 2022. The evolution of the total fertility rate (TFR) over time is examined, with a special focus on shifts that have occurred following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shifts observed in Canada's TFR from 2019 to 2022 are situated in an international context, and differences among the provincial and territories are explored. Also, year-over-year changes in the monthly number of births are analyzed and contrasted with the experience of other countries. Lastly, trends in age-specific fertility rates and the average age of childbearing in Canada are described, as well the cumulated fertility of different cohorts of women to date.Release date: 2024-01-31
- 5. First-time mothers in Canada, 2019 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2020071Description:
This infographic presents information on first time mothers in Canada, the Provinces and Territories, in 2019, and includes historical comparisons. The information is based on data from the Canadian Vital Statistics: Birth database.
Release date: 2020-09-29 - 6. Provincial variations in birth outcomes according to maternal country of birth, 2000 to 2016 ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X202000400002Description:
The objectives of this study are to describe recent provincial trends in the proportion of births to immigrant mothers and to determine whether disparities in birth outcomes according to immigrant maternal birthplace vary across the provinces. Statistics Canada's Vital Statistics-Birth Database (2000 to 2016) was used to extract 5,831,580 records on live births for the analyses.
Release date: 2020-06-24 - 7. Maternal Mental Health in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2019041Description:
This infographic presents results from the 2018/2019 Survey on Maternal Health, relating to the mental health of mothers who recently gave birth in Canada.
Release date: 2019-06-24 - 8. Fertility: Overview, 2012 to 2016 ArchivedArticles and reports: 91-209-X201800154956Description: This article examines fertility in Canada with a focus on the years 2012 to 2016. In addition to the number of births, indicators including the total fertility rate, average age of mother, parity and completed fertility are analyzed. Provincial and territorial patterns will also be examined where appropriate.Release date: 2018-06-05
- 9. Health-adjusted life expectancy in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X201800454950Description:
Over the past century, life expectancy at birth in Canada has risen substantially. However, these gains in the quantity of life say little about gains in the quality of life. This study calculates health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), an indicator of quality of life, for the combined household and institutional population every four years from 1994/1995 to 2015. Trends over time in health status, life expectancy, and HALE are examined. The study also discusses how HALE has changed relative to life expectancy.
Release date: 2018-04-18 - 10. Trends in Canadian births, 1993 to 2013 ArchivedStats in brief: 82-625-X201600114673Description:
This fact sheet examines various trends in Canadian live births, including births by sex, age of mother, geography, and single versus multiple births.
Release date: 2016-10-26
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- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022003Description: This interactive dashboard permits the visualization of various fertility indicators and how they have changed over time for Canada, provinces and territories. The dashboard shows the total fertility rate, the average age of childbearing, the fertility rate by age group of mother, the number of births and the associated annual change. Data can be visualized for Canada or for a selected province or territory by single year as well as historically.Release date: 2025-09-24
- 2. Births ArchivedTable: 84F0210XDescription:
This product presents statistical tables showing the number of live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths) of at least 20 weeks' gestation or birth weight of 500 grams or more; total and age-specific fertility rates and crude birth rates; live births by age of mother and live birth order; male and female birth weights; weeks of gestation at the time of birth; and multiple births. Numbers are shown for Canada, the ten provinces and the three territories.
Release date: 2012-01-31 - 3. Vital Statistics Compendium ArchivedTable: 84-214-XDescription:
This compendium of vital statistics includes summary data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces. The introduction covers the data sources, data quality, and methods pertaining to each event, and includes a glossary defining the terms used. The first chapter is a brief overview of vital statistics for 1996. Subsequent chapters treat marriage, divorce, birth, fetal and infant mortality, total mortality, causes of death, vital statistics by census division, and international comparisons. Most charts and tables show Canada data for 1986 though 1996, while the charts and tables for causes of death show Canada data for 1979 through1996. Data for the provinces and territories are usually shown for 1995 and 1996. Appendices include population denominator data, age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) calculation methods, and leading causes of death methodology.
Release date: 1999-11-25
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- Journals and periodicals: 82-003-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
Health Reports, published by the Health Analysis and Modelling Division of Statistics Canada, is a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research. It is designed for a broad audience that includes health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. The journal publishes articles of wide interest that contain original and timely analyses of national or provincial/territorial surveys or administrative databases. New articles are published electronically each month.
Health Reports had an impact factor of 3.3 for 2024 and a five-year impact factor of 4.4. All articles are indexed in PubMed. Our online catalogue is free and receives more than 700,000 visits per year. External submissions are welcome.Release date: 2026-07-15 - Journals and periodicals: 82-625-XGeography: CanadaDescription: Health fact sheets will include short, focused, single-theme analysis documents. Over the course of the series, analysis will include topics on: Health conditions, lifestyle, well-being, disability, prevention and detection of disease, deaths, pregnancy and birth, health care services and environmental factors.Release date: 2026-05-20
- Articles and reports: 91F0015M2024001Description: This article provides an in-depth look at trends in fertility in Canada from 1921 to 2022. The evolution of the total fertility rate (TFR) over time is examined, with a special focus on shifts that have occurred following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shifts observed in Canada's TFR from 2019 to 2022 are situated in an international context, and differences among the provincial and territories are explored. Also, year-over-year changes in the monthly number of births are analyzed and contrasted with the experience of other countries. Lastly, trends in age-specific fertility rates and the average age of childbearing in Canada are described, as well the cumulated fertility of different cohorts of women to date.Release date: 2024-01-31
- 4. First-time mothers in Canada, 2019 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2020071Description:
This infographic presents information on first time mothers in Canada, the Provinces and Territories, in 2019, and includes historical comparisons. The information is based on data from the Canadian Vital Statistics: Birth database.
Release date: 2020-09-29 - 5. Provincial variations in birth outcomes according to maternal country of birth, 2000 to 2016 ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X202000400002Description:
The objectives of this study are to describe recent provincial trends in the proportion of births to immigrant mothers and to determine whether disparities in birth outcomes according to immigrant maternal birthplace vary across the provinces. Statistics Canada's Vital Statistics-Birth Database (2000 to 2016) was used to extract 5,831,580 records on live births for the analyses.
Release date: 2020-06-24 - 6. Maternal Mental Health in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2019041Description:
This infographic presents results from the 2018/2019 Survey on Maternal Health, relating to the mental health of mothers who recently gave birth in Canada.
Release date: 2019-06-24 - 7. Fertility: Overview, 2012 to 2016 ArchivedArticles and reports: 91-209-X201800154956Description: This article examines fertility in Canada with a focus on the years 2012 to 2016. In addition to the number of births, indicators including the total fertility rate, average age of mother, parity and completed fertility are analyzed. Provincial and territorial patterns will also be examined where appropriate.Release date: 2018-06-05
- 8. Health-adjusted life expectancy in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X201800454950Description:
Over the past century, life expectancy at birth in Canada has risen substantially. However, these gains in the quantity of life say little about gains in the quality of life. This study calculates health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), an indicator of quality of life, for the combined household and institutional population every four years from 1994/1995 to 2015. Trends over time in health status, life expectancy, and HALE are examined. The study also discusses how HALE has changed relative to life expectancy.
Release date: 2018-04-18 - 9. Trends in Canadian births, 1993 to 2013 ArchivedStats in brief: 82-625-X201600114673Description:
This fact sheet examines various trends in Canadian live births, including births by sex, age of mother, geography, and single versus multiple births.
Release date: 2016-10-26 - 10. The health of girls and women in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-503-X201500114324Description:
This chapter of Women in Canada presents a life course perspective of the physical, mental and social health of girls and women in Canada. It is intended to provide a summary of various aspects of women’s health, based on available recent survey and administrative data, as well as findings from published research papers and reports. It begins with a general overview of female health in Canada - with a look at the social determinants of health and the health of women who are immigrants to Canada - followed by four sections that describe female health in childhood, in adolescence, in adulthood, and at older ages. Each of these sections includes information on various health behaviours, disease and chronic conditions, and mental health. Sexual activity and reproduction are also examined, beginning in adolescence.
Release date: 2016-03-08
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- 1. Guide to Health Statistics ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 82-573-GDescription:
The Guide to health statistics leads to health-related information with links to vital statistics such as births, deaths, marriages and divorces, to cancer statistics, health determinants, health status, health care, smoking and tobacco use and more. There is also information on cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys from the Canadian Community Health Survey and the National Population Health Survey.
This user's guide has been developed by Health Statistics Division to facilitate access on health information at Statistics Canada. It includes information with links to products and programs from Health Statistics Division, other divisions at Statistics Canada and other health related programs outside Statistics Canada.
Release date: 2000-10-11