Canada has joined the dying nations of the world. The country’s birth rate is continuing to plummet, reaching yet another all-time low.
According to Statistics Canada’s latest births and stillbirths’ data released on September 25, in 2023 10 of the 13 provinces and territories recorded a new record low birth rate, with the national average clocking in at just 1.26 children per woman.
Characterizing the new data, Statistics Canada announced that the country has “joined the group of ‘lowest-low’ fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain, Italy, and Japan, with 1.3 children per woman or less.”
By comparison, the United States’ overall fertility rate was 1.62 per woman in 2023.
When looking at the data, the province of British Columbia had the lowest fertility rate at 1.00 children per woman. The province with the highest fertility rate was Saskatchewan, which still stood at a low figure of 1.63. The northern territory of Nunavut had the highest birth rate out of any major jurisdiction in the country, at 2.48.
As for the other provinces, Quebec’s birth rate came in at 1.38, with Ontario’s at 1.22, Alberta’s at 1.41, and Manitoba’s at 1.52. Atlantic provinces’ rates were extremely low, with Nova Scotia’s clocking in at just 1.05 births per woman.
In order for a country to maintain its population, the birth rate must be 2.0 or higher, with it needing to be at least 2.1 births per woman for a nation to grow irrespective of immigration.