Table 2-2
Live births, by geography — Age of mother

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Age of mother


Table summary
This table displays the results of age of mother. The information is grouped by place of residence of mother (appearing as row headers), age of mother and all ages, calculated using 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, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Place of residence of mother Age of motherNote 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 statedNote 2
  number
Canada 380,863 104 15,534 57,778 116,878 120,734 57,733 11,364 605 133
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,915 3 294 920 1,486 1,514 614 83 1 0
Prince Edward Island 1,457 0 86 291 418 435 190 36 1 0
Nova Scotia 8,989 4 554 1,728 2,586 2,640 1,259 213 5 0
New Brunswick 7,391 3 488 1,619 2,481 1,946 741 104 3 6
Quebec 88,867 13 2,712 12,688 30,671 28,907 11,533 2,236 99 8
Ontario 140,370 24 4,660 18,267 39,511 47,541 24,999 5,038 278 52
Manitoba 15,940 20 1,417 3,294 4,828 4,177 1,815 371 16 2
Saskatchewan 14,241 0 1,261 3,295 4,863 3,350 1,211 220 0 41
Alberta 51,722 21 2,384 8,946 16,834 15,355 6,827 1,263 84 8
British Columbia 44,993 14 1,416 6,201 12,712 14,447 8,333 1,742 117 11
Yukon 383 0 25 72 101 102 68 15 0 0
Northwest Territories 711 0 61 168 187 185 88 21 0 1
Nunavut 877 2 175 288 199 135 55 21 1 1
Unknown 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
  percent
Canada 100.0 0.0 4.1 15.2 30.7 31.7 15.2 3.0 0.2 0.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 100.0 0.1 6.0 18.7 30.2 30.8 12.5 1.7 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Island 100.0 0.0 5.9 20.0 28.7 29.9 13.0 2.5 0.1 0.0
Nova Scotia 100.0 0.0 6.2 19.2 28.8 29.4 14.0 2.4 0.1 0.0
New Brunswick 100.0 0.0 6.6 21.9 33.6 26.3 10.0 1.4 0.0 0.1
Quebec 100.0 0.0 3.1 14.3 34.5 32.5 13.0 2.5 0.1 0.0
Ontario 100.0 0.0 3.3 13.0 28.1 33.9 17.8 3.6 0.2 0.0
Manitoba 100.0 0.1 8.9 20.7 30.3 26.2 11.4 2.3 0.1 0.0
Saskatchewan 100.0 0.0 8.9 23.1 34.1 23.5 8.5 1.5 0.0 0.3
Alberta 100.0 0.0 4.6 17.3 32.5 29.7 13.2 2.4 0.2 0.0
British Columbia 100.0 0.0 3.1 13.8 28.3 32.1 18.5 3.9 0.3 0.0
Yukon 100.0 0.0 6.5 18.8 26.4 26.6 17.8 3.9 0.0 0.0
Northwest Territories 100.0 0.0 8.6 23.6 26.3 26.0 12.4 3.0 0.0 0.1
Nunavut 100.0 0.2 20.0 32.8 22.7 15.4 6.3 2.4 0.1 0.1
Unknown 100.0 0.0 14.3 14.3 14.3 0.0 0.0 14.3 0.0 42.9
Note 1.

Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.

Note 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 "http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a03?&lang=eng&pattern=102-4503&p2=38" title="CANSIM table 102-4503">102-4503).
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 102-4503).
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