Table 12-1
Live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by geography — Type of birth (single or multiple)

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Type of birth (single or multiple)
Place of residence of mother Type of birth
Total Single Multiple
Total, births Live births Fetal deaths (stillbirths) Total, births Live births Fetal deaths (stillbirths) Total, births Live births Fetal deaths (stillbirths)
  number
Canada 380,660 377,886 2,774 368,647 366,070 2,577 12,013 11,816 197
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,934 4,898 36 4,772 4,737 35 162 161 1
Prince Edward Island 1,492 1,483 9 1,444 1,436 8 48 47 1
Nova Scotia 9,269 9,188 81 8,970 8,891 79 299 297 2
New Brunswick 7,442 7,402 40 7,252 7,217 35 190 185 5
Quebec 88,247 87,870 377 85,660 85,302 358 2,587 2,568 19
Ontario 141,980 140,791 1,189 137,187 136,107 1,080 4,793 4,684 109
Manitoba 15,625 15,485 140 15,231 15,101 130 394 384 10
Saskatchewan 13,823 13,737 86 13,430 13,347 83 393 390 3
Alberta 51,223 50,856 367 49,461 49,110 351 1,762 1,746 16
British Columbia 44,707 44,276 431 43,374 42,973 401 1,333 1,303 30
Yukon 378 373 5 374 369 5 4 4 0
Northwest Territories 726 721 5 692 687 5 34 34 0
Nunavut 813 805 8 799 792 7 14 13 1
Unknown 1 1 0 1 1 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 and Stillbirth Databases (CANSIM table 102-4515).