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Alberga, H. (2026, September 23). StatCan says fertility rate remains at the all-time low seen the previous year. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/statcan-says-fertility-rate-remains-at-the-all-time-low-seen-the-previous-year/article_36f75c25-0cba-50ba-98c4-c455fde2aa27.html
Alberga, Hannah. “StatCan says fertility rate remains at the all-time low seen the previous year.” Toronto Star, 23 Sept. 2026, https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/statcan-says-fertility-rate-remains-at-the-all-time-low-seen-the-previous-year/article_36f75c25-0cba-50ba-98c4-c455fde2aa27.html.
Alberga, Hannah. “StatCan says fertility rate remains at the all-time low seen the previous year.” Toronto Star, September 23, 2026. https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/statcan-says-fertility-rate-remains-at-the-all-time-low-seen-the-previous-year/article_36f75c25-0cba-50ba-98c4-c455fde2aa27.html.
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Statistics Canada reports that Canada's fertility rate remained at an all-time low of 1.26 children per woman in 2025, unchanged from 2024. This declining trend has persisted globally since 2009, with Canada among the bottom seven countries for fertility rates out of twenty high-income nations. The average age of mothers giving birth also hit a new record at 31.9 years, up from 26.7 years in 1976. Additionally, home births peaked during the pandemic year of 2021 with more than 9,000 babies born outside hospitals to avoid COVID-19 risks but returned to pre-pandemic levels around 7,000 last year.
