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'Canada has now joined the group of "lowest-low" fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain, Italy and Japan,' Statistics Canada said in its release of 2023 fertility figures. Canada recorded its lowest ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada.
"Canada has now joined the group of 'lowest-low' fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain, Italy and Japan, with 1.3 children per woman or less," the agency said in a. "In comparison, the total fertility rate for the United States was 1.62 per woman in 2023." The agency says 26.5 per cent of new mothers were 35 or older in 2023, compared to 10.7 per cent in 1993. The average age of childbearing was 31.7 years in 2023.Dr. Renée Hall, a clinical associate professor at the University of B.C. and a co-medical director at Willow Reproductive Centre, said the statistics show that young people aren't comfortable to have children when they want to., Hall says many people don't feel comfortable to have kids without economic and housing stability.
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