The fertility of women aged 30 to 34 has surpassed that of women aged 25 to 29

The overall decrease in the total fertility rate in Canada over the past four decades is due to relatively steady declines in the age-specific fertility rates under age 30. In contrast, the fertility rates of women aged 30 and over have generally increased over the same period.
The slightly higher fertility rate for women aged 30 to 34 than for women aged 25 to 29 which began in 2005 has continued with a successive widening of the gap between these two age groups. For women in their late twenties, the fertility rate has generally been falling for about 50 years.
In contrast, the fertility rate of 30- to 34-year-olds has been on an overall upward trend since 1976, consistent with observed patterns of delayed childbearing from other indicators. Of note, however, is that the fertility rate of women in their early thirties was even higher throughout the 1926 to 1965 period than it was in 2011.
For the first time in 2010, the age-specific fertility rate was higher for women aged 35 to 39 than for women aged 20 to 24, and this gap further widened in 2011. The rate for women in their late thirties has been on an overall increase since the late 1970s. The 2011 fertility rate for this age group was the highest since 1966, though it is still less than half of the age-specific fertility rate of 1926. In contrast, the fertility rate for women in their early twenties, after peaking in 1960 and 1961, subsequently fell, reaching a record low in 2011.

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