# Live births in Canada

Live births in Canada was 356,745 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `ca`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/canada
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=ca

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 356,745 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 354,665 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 369,789 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 362,246 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 372,337 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 374,264 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 377,884 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 383,577 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 384,571 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 386,115 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 382,695 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 383,018 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 378,973 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 377,848 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 380,249 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 377,291 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 367,258 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 354,634 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 342,817 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 337,172 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 334,808 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 329,815 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 333,510 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 329,737 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 338,118 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 343,404 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 350,608 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 367,642 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 380,498 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 388,484 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 392,551 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 401,753 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 406,396 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 402,979 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 388,804 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 373,652 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 367,061 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 369,282 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 372,228 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 373,518 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 369,951 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 367,683 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 364,229 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 362,849 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 358,743 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 353,033 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 354,095 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 350,479 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 348,381 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 337,123 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 333,068 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 336,708 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 348,887 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 356,057 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 356,352 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 351,232 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 356,564 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 371,321 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 401,470 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 435,741 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 447,958 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 452,818 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 458,619 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 462,354 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 463,478 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 454,402 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 450,469 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 433,958 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 426,460 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 421,019 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 403,902 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 389,635 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 368,896 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 359,149 (estimated) |
