Canada’s fertility rate reached a record low of 1.25 children per woman last year, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
The new low represents a 1.6 percent decline from 2024, which was a slower rate of decline compared to the last two years, 6.9 percent in 2022 and 5.2 percent in 2023, Statistics Canada said in a Sept. 24 release. However, fertility has been declining in Canada since 2009, the national statistical agency said.
Canada has been considered to have “ultra-low fertility” since its fertility rate fell below 1.30 children per woman in 2023, when it dropped to 1.27. Other countries also considered to have “ultra-low fertility” include Switzerland, Luxembourg, Finland, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea….