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).
Region | Males | Females | ||||||
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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 |
... not applicable Source(s): Statistics Canada, Demography Division. |
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