Table 8-1
Live births, by weeks of gestation and geography — Both sexes

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Both sexes: Part 1
Weeks of gestation Place of residence of mother
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  number
Total 377,886 4,898 1,483 9,188 7,402 87,870 140,791
42 weeks or more 1,939 14 7 95 23 242 458
37 to 41 weeks 345,680 4,440 1,364 8,341 6,835 80,977 128,907
37 to 39 weeks 197,102 2,311 808 4,286 3,709 47,625 75,584
40 to 41 weeks 148,578 2,129 556 4,055 3,126 33,352 53,323
Less than 37 weeks 30,117 443 112 752 544 6,633 11,365
28 to 36 weeks 28,456 417 111 703 516 6,280 10,773
28 to 31 weeks 2,648 36 7 71 48 553 985
32 to 33 weeks 3,605 37 9 94 79 749 1,334
34 to 36 weeks 22,203 344 95 538 389 4,978 8,454
20 to 27 weeks 1,589 25 1 43 23 332 578
20 to 23 weeks 483 12 0 9 4 121 137
24 to 27 weeks 1,106 13 1 34 19 211 441
Less than 20 weeks 72 1 0 6 5 21 14
Not stated 150 1 0 0 0 18 61
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
42 weeks or more 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
37 to 41 weeks 91.5 90.6 92.0 90.8 92.3 92.2 91.6
37 to 39 weeks 52.2 47.2 54.5 46.6 50.1 54.2 53.7
40 to 41 weeks 39.3 43.5 37.5 44.1 42.2 38.0 37.9
Less than 37 weeks 8.0 9.0 7.6 8.2 7.3 7.5 8.1
28 to 36 weeks 7.5 8.5 7.5 7.7 7.0 7.1 7.7
28 to 31 weeks 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7
32 to 33 weeks 1.0 0.8 0.6 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9
34 to 36 weeks 5.9 7.0 6.4 5.9 5.3 5.7 6.0
20 to 27 weeks 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4
20 to 23 weeks 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
24 to 27 weeks 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3
Less than 20 weeks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Both sexes: Part 2
Weeks of gestation Place of residence of mother
Canada Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Unknown
  number
Total 377,886 15,485 13,737 50,856 44,276 373 721 805 1
42 weeks or more 1,939 387 182 248 231 17 30 5 0
37 to 41 weeks 345,680 13,842 12,540 46,222 40,569 328 624 690 1
37 to 39 weeks 197,102 7,003 6,280 26,052 22,490 177 292 484 1
40 to 41 weeks 148,578 6,839 6,260 20,170 18,079 151 332 206 0
Less than 37 weeks 30,117 1,253 1,014 4,385 3,411 28 67 110 0
28 to 36 weeks 28,456 1,174 956 4,075 3,260 25 60 106 0
28 to 31 weeks 2,648 109 103 401 318 0 8 9 0
32 to 33 weeks 3,605 152 121 551 447 5 10 17 0
34 to 36 weeks 22,203 913 732 3,123 2,495 20 42 80 0
20 to 27 weeks 1,589 73 58 297 149 3 3 4 0
20 to 23 weeks 483 29 14 119 37 0 0 1 0
24 to 27 weeks 1,106 44 44 178 112 3 3 3 0
Less than 20 weeks 72 6 0 13 2 0 4 0 0
Not stated 150 3 1 1 65 0 0 0 0
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
42 weeks or more 0.5 2.5 1.3 0.5 0.5 4.6 4.2 0.6 0.0
37 to 41 weeks 91.5 89.4 91.3 90.9 91.6 87.9 86.5 85.7 100.0
37 to 39 weeks 52.2 45.2 45.7 51.2 50.8 47.5 40.5 60.1 100.0
40 to 41 weeks 39.3 44.2 45.6 39.7 40.8 40.5 46.0 25.6 0.0
Less than 37 weeks 8.0 8.1 7.4 8.6 7.7 7.5 9.3 13.7 0.0
28 to 36 weeks 7.5 7.6 7.0 8.0 7.4 6.7 8.3 13.2 0.0
28 to 31 weeks 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.0
32 to 33 weeks 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.4 2.1 0.0
34 to 36 weeks 5.9 5.9 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.4 5.8 9.9 0.0
20 to 27 weeks 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.0
20 to 23 weeks 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
24 to 27 weeks 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0
Less than 20 weeks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 102-4512).