Table 7-3
Live births, by birth weight and geography — Females

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Females: Part 1
Birth weight Place of residence of mother
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  number
Total 184,131 2,411 729 4,480 3,577 42,860 68,621
Less than 500 grams 186 7 0 5 3 50 48
500 to 1,499 grams 1,688 27 2 49 30 382 624
500 to 749 grams 308 8 0 8 6 71 111
750 to 999 grams 335 4 1 11 3 62 142
1,000 to 1,249 grams 464 5 1 16 10 105 170
1,250 to 1,499 grams 581 10 0 14 11 144 201
1,500 to 2,499 grams 9,936 125 40 235 164 2,218 3,904
1,500 to 1,749 grams 840 11 2 18 20 178 325
1,750 to 1,999 grams 1,423 16 6 32 20 306 565
2,000 to 2,249 grams 2,517 32 9 63 37 566 1,021
2,250 to 2,499 grams 5,156 66 23 122 87 1,168 1,993
2,500 to 4,499 grams 169,850 2,207 676 4,108 3,318 39,830 63,147
2,500 to 2,749 grams 10,796 130 33 244 173 2,494 4,198
2,750 to 2,999 grams 21,419 228 72 467 386 5,154 8,244
3,000 to 3,249 grams 33,304 386 134 716 597 8,209 12,551
3,250 to 3,499 grams 38,483 463 156 927 759 9,336 14,062
3,500 to 3,749 grams 31,531 431 126 850 626 7,354 11,578
3,750 to 3,999 grams 19,974 301 83 518 428 4,436 7,220
4,000 to 4,249 grams 10,042 188 48 264 228 2,034 3,728
4,250 to 4,499 grams 4,301 80 24 122 121 813 1,566
4,500 grams or more 2,403 45 10 83 61 379 869
4,500 to 4,749 grams 1,612 27 9 52 39 277 575
4,750 to 4,999 grams 536 15 1 20 16 72 191
5,000 to 5,249 grams 167 2 0 8 6 17 70
5,250 to 5,499 grams 53 0 0 1 0 8 20
5,500 grams or more 35 1 0 2 0 5 13
Not stated 68 0 1 0 1 1 29
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 500 grams 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
500 to 1,499 grams 0.9 1.1 0.3 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9
500 to 749 grams 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
750 to 999 grams 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
1,000 to 1,249 grams 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
1,250 to 1,499 grams 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
1,500 to 2,499 grams 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.2 4.6 5.2 5.7
1,500 to 1,749 grams 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5
1,750 to 1,999 grams 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8
2,000 to 2,249 grams 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.5
2,250 to 2,499 grams 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.9
2,500 to 4,499 grams 92.2 91.5 92.7 91.7 92.8 92.9 92.0
2,500 to 2,749 grams 5.9 5.4 4.5 5.4 4.8 5.8 6.1
2,750 to 2,999 grams 11.6 9.5 9.9 10.4 10.8 12.0 12.0
3,000 to 3,249 grams 18.1 16.0 18.4 16.0 16.7 19.2 18.3
3,250 to 3,499 grams 20.9 19.2 21.4 20.7 21.2 21.8 20.5
3,500 to 3,749 grams 17.1 17.9 17.3 19.0 17.5 17.2 16.9
3,750 to 3,999 grams 10.8 12.5 11.4 11.6 12.0 10.3 10.5
4,000 to 4,249 grams 5.5 7.8 6.6 5.9 6.4 4.7 5.4
4,250 to 4,499 grams 2.3 3.3 3.3 2.7 3.4 1.9 2.3
4,500 grams or more 1.3 1.9 1.4 1.9 1.7 0.9 1.3
4,500 to 4,749 grams 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.8
4,750 to 4,999 grams 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3
5,000 to 5,249 grams 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1
5,250 to 5,499 grams 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5,500 grams or more 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Females: Part 2
Birth weight Place of residence of mother
Canada Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Unknown
  number
Total 184,131 7,630 6,779 24,674 21,448 187 363 372 0
Less than 500 grams 186 10 4 46 13 0 0 0 0
500 to 1,499 grams 1,688 64 61 265 174 1 4 5 0
500 to 749 grams 308 13 12 47 32 0 0 0 0
750 to 999 grams 335 13 10 56 31 0 1 1 0
1,000 to 1,249 grams 464 22 27 58 43 1 3 3 0
1,250 to 1,499 grams 581 16 12 104 68 0 0 1 0
1,500 to 2,499 grams 9,936 363 320 1,475 1,043 6 20 23 0
1,500 to 1,749 grams 840 36 27 133 87 0 2 1 0
1,750 to 1,999 grams 1,423 42 39 221 166 0 4 6 0
2,000 to 2,249 grams 2,517 105 85 357 231 1 4 6 0
2,250 to 2,499 grams 5,156 180 169 764 559 5 10 10 0
2,500 to 4,499 grams 169,850 7,010 6,214 22,601 19,900 178 323 338 0
2,500 to 2,749 grams 10,796 410 350 1,510 1,205 13 11 25 0
2,750 to 2,999 grams 21,419 735 660 3,011 2,369 14 33 46 0
3,000 to 3,249 grams 33,304 1,213 1,071 4,510 3,793 26 41 57 0
3,250 to 3,499 grams 38,483 1,530 1,386 5,129 4,546 37 73 79 0
3,500 to 3,749 grams 31,531 1,354 1,231 4,137 3,688 31 65 60 0
3,750 to 3,999 grams 19,974 1,010 860 2,563 2,447 26 46 36 0
4,000 to 4,249 grams 10,042 486 434 1,251 1,311 21 30 19 0
4,250 to 4,499 grams 4,301 272 222 490 541 10 24 16 0
4,500 grams or more 2,403 182 180 286 285 2 16 5 0
4,500 to 4,749 grams 1,612 124 98 196 201 1 8 5 0
4,750 to 4,999 grams 536 38 51 63 62 1 6 0 0
5,000 to 5,249 grams 167 15 17 16 16 0 0 0 0
5,250 to 5,499 grams 53 3 10 8 3 0 0 0 0
5,500 grams or more 35 2 4 3 3 0 2 0 0
Not stated 68 1 0 1 33 0 0 1 0
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Less than 500 grams 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
500 to 1,499 grams 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.0
500 to 749 grams 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
750 to 999 grams 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
1,000 to 1,249 grams 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.0
1,250 to 1,499 grams 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
1,500 to 2,499 grams 5.4 4.8 4.7 6.0 4.9 3.2 5.5 6.2 0.0
1,500 to 1,749 grams 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0
1,750 to 1,999 grams 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.0 1.1 1.6 0.0
2,000 to 2,249 grams 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.1 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.0
2,250 to 2,499 grams 2.8 2.4 2.5 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 0.0
2,500 to 4,499 grams 92.2 91.9 91.7 91.6 92.8 95.2 89.0 90.9 0.0
2,500 to 2,749 grams 5.9 5.4 5.2 6.1 5.6 7.0 3.0 6.7 0.0
2,750 to 2,999 grams 11.6 9.6 9.7 12.2 11.0 7.5 9.1 12.4 0.0
3,000 to 3,249 grams 18.1 15.9 15.8 18.3 17.7 13.9 11.3 15.3 0.0
3,250 to 3,499 grams 20.9 20.1 20.4 20.8 21.2 19.8 20.1 21.2 0.0
3,500 to 3,749 grams 17.1 17.7 18.2 16.8 17.2 16.6 17.9 16.1 0.0
3,750 to 3,999 grams 10.8 13.2 12.7 10.4 11.4 13.9 12.7 9.7 0.0
4,000 to 4,249 grams 5.5 6.4 6.4 5.1 6.1 11.2 8.3 5.1 0.0
4,250 to 4,499 grams 2.3 3.6 3.3 2.0 2.5 5.3 6.6 4.3 0.0
4,500 grams or more 1.3 2.4 2.7 1.2 1.3 1.1 4.4 1.3 0.0
4,500 to 4,749 grams 0.9 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.9 0.5 2.2 1.3 0.0
4,750 to 4,999 grams 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.7 0.0 0.0
5,000 to 5,249 grams 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5,250 to 5,499 grams 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5,500 grams or more 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Note(s):
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4509).