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Table A-2.2
Total fertility rate (children per woman), Canada, provinces and territories, 1981 to 2005

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Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt. Canada
  number of children per woman
1981 1.88 1.62 1.67 1.57 1.58 1.82 2.11 1.85 1.63 2.05 2.84 1.65
1986 1.79 1.58 1.53 1.37 1.60 1.82 2.02 1.84 1.61 1.95 2.85 1.59
1991 1.44 1.85 1.58 1.55 1.65 1.69 1.97 2.04 1.89 1.68 2.15 2.44 3.52 1.71
1996 1.31 1.74 1.52 1.46 1.61 1.61 1.90 1.90 1.75 1.55 1.71 2.23 3.38 1.63
1997 1.28 1.66 1.46 1.44 1.54 1.54 1.83 1.86 1.70 1.49 1.86 2.02 3.35 1.56
1998 1.24 1.60 1.44 1.47 1.49 1.55 1.83 1.87 1.72 1.46 1.63 1.98 2.99 1.55
1999 1.30 1.63 1.46 1.44 1.47 1.54 1.83 1.87 1.72 1.43 1.61 1.94 3.24 1.54
2000 1.30 1.57 1.41 1.42 1.45 1.49 1.82 1.83 1.66 1.40 1.63 2.01 3.16 1.51
2001 1.30 1.54 1.40 1.41 1.49 1.53 1.82 1.89 1.67 1.40 1.57 1.83 3.06 1.53
2002 1.31 1.49 1.37 1.39 1.47 1.48 1.80 1.83 1.69 1.38 1.58 1.89 3.03 1.51
2003 1.33 1.57 1.39 1.42 1.49 1.50 1.81 1.88 1.74 1.40 1.53 2.05 3.09 1.53
2004 1.31 1.53 1.41 1.40 1.48 1.51 1.78 1.86 1.74 1.39 1.69 2.04 2.98 1.53
2005 1.34 1.47 1.40 1.41 1.52 1.51 1.82 1.87 1.75 1.39 1.48 2.11 2.72 1.54
Note:  Nunavut is included in the Northwest Territories before 1991.Sources:  Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division and Demography Division.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X.