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)


Table summary
This table displays the results of type of birth (single or multiple). The information is grouped by place of residence of mother (appearing as row headers), type of birth, total, single, multiple and total, births, calculated using total, births, live births, fetal deaths (stillbirths) and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
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 383,597 380,863 2,734 370,717 368,156 2,561 12,880 12,707 173
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,952 4,915 37 4,781 4,747 34 171 168 3
Prince Edward Island 1,467 1,457 10 1,401 1,393 8 66 64 2
Nova Scotia 9,055 8,989 66 8,748 8,684 64 307 305 2
New Brunswick 7,437 7,391 46 7,222 7,182 40 215 209 6
Quebec 89,237 88,867 370 86,426 86,076 350 2,811 2,791 20
Ontario 141,502 140,370 1,132 136,477 135,409 1,068 5,025 4,961 64
Manitoba 16,076 15,940 136 15,609 15,476 133 467 464 3
Saskatchewan 14,357 14,241 116 13,906 13,798 108 451 443 8
Alberta 52,076 51,722 354 50,251 49,913 338 1,825 1,809 16
British Columbia 45,428 44,993 435 43,939 43,551 388 1,489 1,442 47
Yukon 385 383 2 363 361 2 22 22 0
Northwest Territories 720 711 9 707 698 9 13 13 0
Nunavut 897 877 20 879 861 18 18 16 2
Unknown 8 7 1 8 7 1 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).
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