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Table 2.3
Total fertility rate by census metropolitan area, Canada, 2005

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Census metropolitan area Province Total fertility rate
Abbotsford British Columbia 1.84
Calgary Alberta 1.68
Edmonton Alberta 1.66
Kitchener Ontario 1.64
Hamilton Ontario 1.63
Winnipeg Manitoba 1.62
Saskatoon Saskatchewan 1.60
Regina Saskatchewan 1.59
Saguenay Quebec 1.59
St. Catharines - Niagara Ontario 1.58
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) Quebec 1.58
Windsor Ontario 1.57
Oshawa Ontario 1.55
Sherbrooke Quebec 1.54
Toronto Ontario 1.52
Montréal Quebec 1.51
Saint John New Brunswick 1.50
London Ontario 1.49
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) Ontario 1.48
Thunder Bay Ontario 1.48
Trois-Rivières Quebec 1.42
Québec Quebec 1.39
Kingston Ontario 1.38
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury Ontario 1.37
Halifax Nova Scotia 1.36
Vancouver British Columbia 1.30
Victoria British Columbia 1.29
St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador 1.24
All census metropolitan areas 1.51
All other non-CMA regions 1.59
Canada 1.54
Source:  Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X.