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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada

Table 2.1.1
Life expectancy at birth and at age 65, 1921 to 2002
  At birth At age 65
Males Females Total Males Females Total
19211, 2
58.8
60.6
59.7
13.0
13.6
13.3
19312
60.0
62.1
61.0
13.0
13.7
13.3
19412
63.0
66.3
64.6
12.8
14.1
13.4
1951
66.4
70.9
68.5
13.3
15.0
14.1
1961
68.4
74.3
71.1
13.6
16.1
14.8
1971
69.4
76.4
72.7
13.8
17.6
15.7
1981
71.9
79.1
75.4
14.6
18.9
16.8
1991
74.6
81.0
77.8
15.8
20.0
18.0
2003
77.4
82.4
79.9
17.4
20.8
19.2
1. Excludes Quebec.
2. Excludes Newfoundland.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Life Tables, Canada, Provinces and Territories, Catalogue no. 84-537-XPB; and Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases; and Demography Division (population estimates).