Canada’s Fertility Rate Hits Record Low of 1.25 Births per Woman: StatCan

Canada’s Fertility Rate Hits Record Low of 1.25 Births per Woman: StatCan
A 6-week-old baby girl drinks from a nursing bottle in North Vancouver, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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Canada’s fertility rate has reached an all-time low of 1.25 births per woman in 2024, with Statistics Canada saying this puts the country in “ultra-low fertility” territory.

The statistics agency said in a Jan. 26 report that this declining fertility is due to a decreased birth rate, as well as more women not having children “by choice, by circumstance or because they are delaying motherhood.”