Year

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

1926

24.2

152.8

216.2

199.5

179.7

79.6

9.5

1931

20.5

136.8

212.3

194.7

154.5

72.3

9.3

1941

21.5

137.7

189.9

157.4

114.3

50.6

6.5

1951

29.2

176.0

217.3

170.3

113.3

44.2

4.7

1961

31.5

198.6

216.8

155.9

96.3

37.2

3.6

1971

19.8

107.2

127.6

75.1

34.6

10.5

0.8

1981

15.0

87.8

131.1

67.8

18.1

2.8

0.2

1991

17.6

80.0

129.3

78.0

22.7

3.0

0.1

1996

16.5

72.4

118.3

82.4

27.2

3.8

0.1

Fertility rate is calculated on the number of women in an age category that gave birth. The rate is given per 1,000 women in the age category

Source: Selected Births and Fertility Statistics, Canada, 1921-1990, Catalogue 82-553, pp. 54-55. Québec 2000.Rétrospective du XXe siècle, Montreal, Fides, 1999, 527p., p. 138

Copyright 2000 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College