Fertility rate: Canada
1.349 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.349 |
| 2022 | 1.366 |
| 2021 | 1.43 |
| 2020 | 1.413 |
| 2019 | 1.476 |
| 2018 | 1.51 |
| 2017 | 1.548 |
| 2016 | 1.59 |
| 2015 | 1.601 |
| 2014 | 1.614 |
| 2013 | 1.612 |
| 2012 | 1.627 |
| 2011 | 1.627 |
| 2010 | 1.642 |
| 2009 | 1.675 |
| 2008 | 1.684 |
| 2007 | 1.656 |
| 2006 | 1.612 |
| 2005 | 1.566 |
| 2004 | 1.545 |
| 2003 | 1.535 |
| 2002 | 1.513 |
| 2001 | 1.531 |
| 2000 | 1.51 |
| 1999 | 1.541 |
| 1998 | 1.553 |
| 1997 | 1.569 |
| 1996 | 1.63 |
| 1995 | 1.674 |
| 1994 | 1.693 |
| 1993 | 1.693 |
| 1992 | 1.719 |
| 1991 | 1.723 |
| 1990 | 1.696 |
| 1989 | 1.643 |
| 1988 | 1.587 |
| 1987 | 1.563 |
| 1986 | 1.576 |
| 1985 | 1.594 |
| 1984 | 1.609 |
| 1983 | 1.607 |
| 1982 | 1.619 |
| 1981 | 1.632 |
| 1980 | 1.658 |
| 1979 | 1.673 |
| 1978 | 1.68 |
| 1977 | 1.725 |
| 1976 | 1.754 |
| 1975 | 1.799 |
| 1974 | 1.806 |
| 1973 | 1.849 |
| 1972 | 1.937 |
| 1971 | 2.101 |
| 1970 | 2.267 |
| 1969 | 2.356 |
| 1968 | 2.408 |
| 1967 | 2.541 |
| 1966 | 2.752 |
| 1965 | 3.075 |
| 1964 | 3.424 |
| 1963 | 3.588 |
| 1962 | 3.678 |
| 1961 | 3.761 |
| 1960 | 3.82 |
| 1959 | 3.855 |
| 1958 | 3.814 |
| 1957 | 3.848 |
| 1956 | 3.771 |
| 1955 | 3.746 |
| 1954 | 3.743 |
| 1953 | 3.637 |
| 1952 | 3.559 |
| 1951 | 3.421 |
| 1950 | 3.374 |