Table 8-2
Live births, by weeks of gestation and geography — Males

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Males: Part 1
Weeks of gestation Place of residence of mother
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  number
Total 193,755 2,487 754 4,708 3,825 45,010 72,170
42 weeks or more 1,046 7 3 60 11 139 234
37 to 41 weeks 176,382 2,261 694 4,240 3,521 41,339 65,710
37 to 39 weeks 101,259 1,173 400 2,198 1,918 24,531 38,742
40 to 41 weeks 75,123 1,088 294 2,042 1,603 16,808 26,968
Less than 37 weeks 16,250 218 57 408 293 3,520 6,193
28 to 36 weeks 15,366 208 57 384 279 3,339 5,870
28 to 31 weeks 1,424 18 4 37 26 294 545
32 to 33 weeks 2,002 19 6 53 44 391 734
34 to 36 weeks 11,940 171 47 294 209 2,654 4,591
20 to 27 weeks 842 10 0 20 11 169 318
20 to 23 weeks 256 6 0 5 2 61 77
24 to 27 weeks 586 4 0 15 9 108 241
Less than 20 weeks 42 0 0 4 3 12 5
Not stated 77 1 0 0 0 12 33
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
42 weeks or more 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
37 to 41 weeks 91.0 90.9 92.0 90.1 92.1 91.8 91.0
37 to 39 weeks 52.3 47.2 53.1 46.7 50.1 54.5 53.7
40 to 41 weeks 38.8 43.7 39.0 43.4 41.9 37.3 37.4
Less than 37 weeks 8.4 8.8 7.6 8.7 7.7 7.8 8.6
28 to 36 weeks 7.9 8.4 7.6 8.2 7.3 7.4 8.1
28 to 31 weeks 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8
32 to 33 weeks 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.0
34 to 36 weeks 6.2 6.9 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.9 6.4
20 to 27 weeks 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
20 to 23 weeks 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
24 to 27 weeks 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
Less than 20 weeks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Males: Part 2
Weeks of gestation Place of residence of mother
Canada Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Unknown
  number
Total 193,755 7,855 6,958 26,182 22,828 186 358 433 1
42 weeks or more 1,046 206 92 148 125 7 12 2 0
37 to 41 weeks 176,382 6,990 6,299 23,688 20,808 162 306 363 1
37 to 39 weeks 101,259 3,554 3,155 13,462 11,628 91 146 260 1
40 to 41 weeks 75,123 3,436 3,144 10,226 9,180 71 160 103 0
Less than 37 weeks 16,250 659 566 2,346 1,865 17 40 68 0
28 to 36 weeks 15,366 618 536 2,174 1,786 15 34 66 0
28 to 31 weeks 1,424 66 60 212 154 0 3 5 0
32 to 33 weeks 2,002 81 69 306 276 4 8 11 0
34 to 36 weeks 11,940 471 407 1,656 1,356 11 23 50 0
20 to 27 weeks 842 35 30 166 77 2 2 2 0
20 to 23 weeks 256 15 6 65 18 0 0 1 0
24 to 27 weeks 586 20 24 101 59 2 2 1 0
Less than 20 weeks 42 6 0 6 2 0 4 0 0
Not stated 77 0 1 0 30 0 0 0 0
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
42 weeks or more 0.5 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 3.8 3.4 0.5 0.0
37 to 41 weeks 91.0 89.0 90.5 90.5 91.2 87.1 85.5 83.8 100.0
37 to 39 weeks 52.3 45.2 45.3 51.4 50.9 48.9 40.8 60.0 100.0
40 to 41 weeks 38.8 43.7 45.2 39.1 40.2 38.2 44.7 23.8 0.0
Less than 37 weeks 8.4 8.4 8.1 9.0 8.2 9.1 11.2 15.7 0.0
28 to 36 weeks 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.3 7.8 8.1 9.5 15.2 0.0
28 to 31 weeks 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.8 1.2 0.0
32 to 33 weeks 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 0.0
34 to 36 weeks 6.2 6.0 5.8 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.4 11.5 0.0
20 to 27 weeks 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.0
20 to 23 weeks 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
24 to 27 weeks 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.0
Less than 20 weeks 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Note(s):
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4512).