Table 3.2
Observed and projected mean age at childbearing for selected cohorts and selected years

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Table 3.2a
Observed and projected mean age at childbearingNote 1 for selected cohortsNote 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Observed and projected mean age at childbearing for selected cohorts. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Observed, Projected (assumptions), Low, Medium, High, 1965, 1980 and 1990, calculated using in years units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Observed Projected (assumptions)
Low Medium High
1965Note 3 1980 1990 1980 1990 1980 1990
in years
Canada 28.4 29.7 30.3 30.0 30.7 30.1 30.8
Newfoundland and Labrador Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 29.1 29.4 29.0 29.3 29.1 29.6
Prince Edward Island 27.4 28.7 29.4 29.0 30.0 29.1 30.0
Nova Scotia 27.5 29.0 29.4 29.3 29.9 29.3 30.1
New Brunswick 27.1 28.2 28.5 28.3 28.7 28.4 29.0
Quebec 28.5 29.9 30.3 29.9 30.4 30.1 30.8
Ontario 28.9 30.2 30.9 30.6 31.5 30.7 31.6
Manitoba 27.7 28.4 28.8 28.9 29.6 28.9 29.5
Saskatchewan 26.9 28.2 28.6 28.4 28.9 28.4 29.0
Alberta 27.9 29.3 29.8 29.4 30.0 29.6 30.3
British Columbia 28.5 30.3 31.0 30.9 31.9 30.9 31.8
Yukon 26.8 29.2 29.7 29.5 30.2 29.7 30.6
Northwest Territories Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 28.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 29.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 30.1
Nunavut Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 25.7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 25.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 26.4
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note 1.

The mean age of childbearing's calculation is based on age-specific rates (and not actual number of births).

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Note 2.

The 2013 Opinion Survey on Future Demographic Trends asked for targets for birth cohorts 1980 and 1990, which explains the choices of the cohorts in this table.

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Note 3.

Latest cohort for which fertility rates are observed for the totality of the reproductive age span.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

Table 3.2b
Observed and projected mean age at childbearingNote 1 for selected yearsNote 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Observed and projected mean age at childbearing for selected years. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Observed, Projected (assumptions), Low, Medium, High, 2011, 2018 and 2038, calculated using in years units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Observed Projected (assumptions)
Low Medium High
2011 2018 2038 2018 2038 2018 2038
in years
Canada 30.2 30.5 30.6 30.8 31.1 30.8 31.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 29.1 29.5 29.7 29.3 29.3 29.3 29.4
Prince Edward Island 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.9 30.2 29.6 29.7
Nova Scotia 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.8 30.0 29.8 30.0
New Brunswick 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.6 28.7 28.7 28.7
Quebec 30.1 30.5 30.7 30.5 30.6 30.8 31.0
Ontario 30.7 31.1 31.2 31.8 32.3 31.6 32.0
Manitoba 28.8 29.0 29.1 29.8 30.2 29.4 29.6
Saskatchewan 28.5 28.9 29.0 29.0 29.2 28.6 28.7
Alberta 29.7 30.0 30.1 30.1 30.3 30.2 30.4
British Columbia 30.9 31.3 31.4 32.4 33.1 31.7 32.0
Yukon 30.3 30.5 30.5 30.9 31.1 30.7 30.9
Northwest Territories 28.9 29.0 29.1 30.1 30.5 30.1 30.5
Nunavut 25.8 25.9 26.0 25.9 25.9 26.0 26.0
Note 1.

The mean age of childbearing's calculation is based on age-specific rates (and not actual number of births).

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Note 2.

The 2013 Opinion Survey on Future Demographic Trends asked for targets for years 2018 and 2038, which explains the choices of the years in this table.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
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