Table 2-2
Live births, by geography — Age of mother

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Age of mother
Place of residence of mother Age of mother 1
All ages Under  15 years 15 to  19 years 20 to  24 years 25 to  29 years 30 to  34 years 35 to  39 years 40 to  44 years 45 to  49 years Not stated 2
  number
Canada 377,886 134 15,570 59,060 115,705 118,775 57,316 10,705 559 62
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,898 0 308 1,016 1,432 1,455 600 84 2 1
Prince Edward Island 1,483 0 78 307 455 393 219 31 0 0
Nova Scotia 9,188 7 571 1,707 2,692 2,710 1,293 200 7 1
New Brunswick 7,402 3 488 1,620 2,346 2,027 783 125 5 5
Quebec 87,870 21 2,456 12,879 30,724 28,263 11,392 2,027 100 8
Ontario 140,791 24 4,797 18,664 39,887 47,345 24,943 4,853 261 17
Manitoba 15,485 28 1,338 3,388 4,561 4,062 1,786 311 11 0
Saskatchewan 13,737 10 1,345 3,281 4,462 3,222 1,191 201 8 17
Alberta 50,856 22 2,457 9,177 16,383 14,902 6,670 1,177 60 8
British Columbia 44,276 14 1,471 6,499 12,285 14,014 8,236 1,648 104 5
Yukon 373 0 28 62 96 112 62 13 0 0
Northwest Territories 721 2 54 173 201 174 93 23 1 0
Nunavut 805 3 178 287 181 96 48 12 0 0
Unknown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  percent
Canada 100.0 0.0 4.1 15.6 30.6 31.4 15.2 2.8 0.1 0.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 100.0 0.0 6.3 20.7 29.2 29.7 12.2 1.7 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Island 100.0 0.0 5.3 20.7 30.7 26.5 14.8 2.1 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 100.0 0.1 6.2 18.6 29.3 29.5 14.1 2.2 0.1 0.0
New Brunswick 100.0 0.0 6.6 21.9 31.7 27.4 10.6 1.7 0.1 0.1
Quebec 100.0 0.0 2.8 14.7 35.0 32.2 13.0 2.3 0.1 0.0
Ontario 100.0 0.0 3.4 13.3 28.3 33.6 17.7 3.4 0.2 0.0
Manitoba 100.0 0.2 8.6 21.9 29.5 26.2 11.5 2.0 0.1 0.0
Saskatchewan 100.0 0.1 9.8 23.9 32.5 23.5 8.7 1.5 0.1 0.1
Alberta 100.0 0.0 4.8 18.0 32.2 29.3 13.1 2.3 0.1 0.0
British Columbia 100.0 0.0 3.3 14.7 27.7 31.7 18.6 3.7 0.2 0.0
Yukon 100.0 0.0 7.5 16.6 25.7 30.0 16.6 3.5 0.0 0.0
Northwest Territories 100.0 0.3 7.5 24.0 27.9 24.1 12.9 3.2 0.1 0.0
Nunavut 100.0 0.4 22.1 35.7 22.5 11.9 6.0 1.5 0.0 0.0
Unknown 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1.
Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.
2.
For confidentiality reasons, live births to mothers aged 50 and over are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated." Where information is unavailable on the birth mother of children who are adopted, these records are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated."
Note(s):
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4503).