OTTAWA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The total fertility rate (TFR) in Canada reached 1.33 children per woman in 2022, the lowest recorded over more than a century of data, Statistic Canada said on Wednesday.
The TFR is an estimate of the average number of live births a woman can be expected to have in her lifetime. Although the downward trend began in 2009, it accelerated in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decrease became even more pronounced in 2022, after the TFR posted a slight increase in 2021, according to the national statistical agency.
