For both males and females, British Columbia shows the highest life expectancy in Canada

  • For the period 2009/2011, male and female life expectancy at birth was at or above the national average (79.1 years for males and 83.4 years for females) in three provinces: British Columbia (80.0 years for males and 84.0 years for females), Ontario (79.6 years for males and 83.8 years for females) and Quebec (79.3 years for males and 83.5 years for females).
  • Nunavut had the lowest life expectancy at birth in 2009/2011, at 69.0 years for males and 74.5 for females.
  • The gap between males’ and females’ life expectancy at birth was at or exceeded five years in Nunavut (5.6 years), the Northwest Territories (5.1 years) and Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan (5.0 years each).
Table 10
Life expectancy at birth by sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 1980/1982 to 2009/2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Life expectancy at birth by sex. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Males, Females, 1980/1982, 1990/1992, 2000/2002 and 2009/2011, calculated using in years units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Males Females
1980/1982 1990/1992 2000/2002 2009/2011 1980/1982 1990/1992 2000/2002 2009/2011
in years
Newfoundland and Labrador 71.9 73.7 75.3 77.2 78.8 79.5 80.6 82.1
Prince Edward Island 72.9 73.1 75.4 78.0 80.5 80.7 81.4 83.0
Nova Scotia 71.0 73.7 76.2 77.9 78.5 80.3 81.1 82.5
New Brunswick 71.2 74.2 76.2 78.3 79.2 80.8 81.8 82.9
Quebec 71.2 73.7 76.3 79.3 78.8 80.8 81.9 83.5
Ontario 72.4 74.9 77.3 79.6 79.1 80.8 81.9 83.8
Manitoba 72.2 74.6 75.6 77.5 78.8 80.6 81.1 82.0
Saskatchewan 72.5 75.2 76.2 77.2 79.9 81.5 81.5 82.1
Alberta 72.1 75.0 77.2 78.8 79.2 81.1 82.0 83.3
British Columbia 72.8 75.3 78.0 80.0 79.7 81.4 82.6 84.0
Yukon 66.6 73.6 73.6 75.6 73.5 75.7 78.7 80.3
Northwest Territories 67.2 66.3 73.3 75.2 75.1 72.8 78.7 80.3
Nunavut ... 67.8 66.8 69.0 ... 73.9 71.2 74.5
Canada 72.0 74.5 76.9 79.1 79.1 80.8 81.9 83.4
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