Figures for Fertility: Overview, 2008

Figure 1
Births in Canada, 1926 to 2008

Data table for figure 1

Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Vital Statistics.

Figure 2
Average age of mother by birth order, Canada, 1945 to 2008

Data table for figure 2

Note: Births to mothers for whom the age is unknown were prorated.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Vital Statistics and Demography Division, demographic estimates.

Figure 3
Fertility rate by age group, Canada, 1926 to 2008

Data table for figure 3

Note: Births to mothers for whom the age is unknown were prorated.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Vital Statistics and Demography Division, demographic estimates.

Figure 4
Fertility rate by age for selected cohorts, Canada

Data table for figure 4

Note: Births to mothers for whom the age is unknown were prorated.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Vital Statistics and Demography Division, demographic estimates.

Figure 5
Total fertility rate, 1926 to 2008 and completed fertility rate, 1911 to 1979

Data table for figure 5

Note: Births to mothers for whom the age is unknown were prorated.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Vital Statistics and Demography Division, demographic estimates.