Fertility rates rise in Canada.Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of recorded its highest number of births, and its highest total fertility rate The total fertility rate (TFR, sometimes also called the fertility rate, period total fertility rate (PTFR) or total period fertility rate (TPFR)) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she , in seven years in 2005, thanks mostly to women in their 30s. However, the total fertility rate is still far below the replacement level fertility fertility: see infertility. fertility Ability of an individual or couple to reproduce through normal sexual activity. About 80% of healthy, fertile women are able to conceive within one year if they have intercourse regularly without contraception. . Alberta Alberta (ălbûr`tə), province (2001 pop. 2,974,807), 255,285 sq mi (661,188 sq km), including 6,485 sq mi (16,796 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. and Quebec led with increases of 3.3% and 3.1%, respectively. The rate in Quebec is influenced by programs and financial rewards intended to encourage more births. Canada's total fertility rate in 2005 was 1.54 children per woman, an increase from 1.53 in the previous year and the highest rate since 1998, well below what is known as the replacement level fertility (2.1 children per woman). In total, 342,176 babies were born in 2005, up 1.5% from the previous year. This growth rate was more than double the 0.6% increase in 2004. (In 1947, the nation's total fertility rate was 3.6 children per woman. Teen fertility rates Noun 1. fertility rate - the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year birth rate, birthrate, fertility, natality declined in all provinces except Alberta, where the rate rose slightly from 18.8 per 1,000 women in 2004 to 18.9 in 2005. Rising fertility in Canada parallels trends in other low birth rate countries. |
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