Table 6-2
Live births, Canada — Age and parity of mother

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Age and parity of mother
Parity of mother Age of mother 1
All ages Under 15  years 15 to  19 years 20 to  24 years 25 to  29 years 30 to  34 years 35 to  39 years 40 to  44 years 45 to  49 years Not stated 2
  number
Total 377,886 134 15,570 59,060 115,705 118,775 57,316 10,705 559 62
First live birth 166,610 132 13,218 35,707 56,319 42,434 15,890 2,701 181 28
Second live birth 133,148 2 2,093 17,046 39,176 47,908 22,983 3,779 152 9
Third live birth 50,908 0 234 4,719 13,507 18,843 11,396 2,121 79 9
Fourth live birth 16,713 0 21 1,237 4,463 5,831 4,084 1,018 54 5
Fifth live birth 5,694 0 2 286 1,471 2,015 1,428 456 33 3
Sixth live birth 2,508 0 1 50 544 947 717 223 20 6
Seventh live birth 1,086 0 0 12 164 427 336 138 7 2
Eighth live birth 566 0 0 1 41 200 213 101 10 0
Ninth live birth 314 0 0 0 13 97 138 63 3 0
Tenth live birth or more 328 0 0 0 6 68 129 105 20 0
Not stated 11 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 0
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
First live birth 44.1 98.5 84.9 60.5 48.7 35.7 27.7 25.2 32.4 45.2
Second live birth 35.2 1.5 13.4 28.9 33.9 40.3 40.1 35.3 27.2 14.5
Third live birth 13.5 0.0 1.5 8.0 11.7 15.9 19.9 19.8 14.1 14.5
Fourth live birth 4.4 0.0 0.1 2.1 3.9 4.9 7.1 9.5 9.7 8.1
Fifth live birth 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.3 1.7 2.5 4.3 5.9 4.8
Sixth live birth 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.6 9.7
Seventh live birth 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.3 1.3 3.2
Eighth live birth 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.8 0.0
Ninth live birth 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.0
Tenth live birth or more 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.0 3.6 0.0
Not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1.
Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.
2.
For confidentiality reasons, live births to mothers aged 50 and over are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated." Where information is unavailable on the birth mother of children who are adopted, these records are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated."
Note(s):
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4508).