The lowest mark comes in British Columbia, where the rate plummeted to one, meaning women in that province, if the trend continues, are likely to birth a single child./Edmonton Sun Photo by Darryl Dyc

Canada's birth rate hits an all-time low second year in a row: StatCan

Increased immigration not the solution to get Canada out of the world’s 'ultra-low' fertility club, say academics

by · National Post

Canada’s population has grown by a staggering amount in recent years, but babies have not been at the heart of the boom.

Statistics Canada revealed last week that 2023 was the second year in a row that Canada’s fertility rate hit an all-time low. The nation’s total fertility rate — a figure, based on current fertility levels, to determine the number of children a woman would be expected to have throughout her reproductive life — is at 1.26, down from 1.33 in 2022.