Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Canada

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 October 2007

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Canada regional level data also available here.

yearlive birthsabortions, reportedabortions, residents, in country onlyabortions, residents, obtained abroadabortions, residents, totalabortions, occurrences by non-residentsfetal deathsabortion ratioabortion %abortion
rate,
residents
residents, in/out of countryall in countryresidents, in/out of countryall in country
1921264879     9089     
1922259825     8536     
1923247404     8425     
1924251351     8401     
1925249365     8176     
1926240015     7245     
1927241149     7464     
1928243616     7673     
1929242226     7720     
1930250335     7847     
1931247205     7778     
1932242698     7396     
1933229791     6988     
1934228296     6613     
1935228396     6594     
1936227980     6531     
1937227869     6433     
1938237091     6595     
1939237991     6515     
1940252577     6810     
1941263993     7091     
1942281569     7319     
1943292943     6988     
1944293967     6895     
1945300587     6884     
1946343504     7368     
1947372589     7646     
1948359860     7071     
1949367092     7285     
1950372009     7192     
1951381092     7023     
1952403559     7277     
1953417884     6991     
1954436198     7231     
1955442937     6918     
1956450739     6976     
1957469093     6837     
1958470118     6726     
1959479275     6560     
1960478551     6471     
1961475700     6019     
1962469693     5882     
1963465767     5732     
1964452915     5520     
1965418595     4847     
1966387710     4429     
1967370894     4248     
1968364310     3926     
1969369647  4004378 369411.8 1.2  
197037198811200111523001120048368730.130.12.92.92.5
19713621873094930923630937232263396102.885.59.37.97.8
19723473193890538853657345426523046130.8112.011.610.19.3
19733433734324543201550148702442866141.8125.912.411.29.7
19743456454819848136429948136622766139.3139.412.212.210.2
19753481104939049311100005900079 169.5141.914.512.410.2
1976348857545365447842345871258 168.3156.314.413.510.8
1977361400576205756423005986456 165.6159.414.213.810.8
1978358852649696490818026671061 185.9181.015.715.311.8
1979366064687646867210736974592 190.5187.816.015.812.1
19803707097055970455397072099104 194.5190.316.316.012.2
1981371346693346926050007191174 193.6186.716.215.711.9
1982373082708257076054007507165 201.2189.816.816.012.3
1983373689654356538539836936850 185.6175.115.714.911.2
1984377031658626581836316944944 184.2174.715.614.911.1
1985375727664466641827986921628 184.2176.815.615.011.0
1986372431670066696026126957246 186.8179.915.715.210.9
1987369441673436726627577002377 189.5182.315.915.410.9
19883757437086870754193972693114 193.5188.616.215.911.2
1989391925778387776415517931574 202.4198.616.816.612.0
199040466991476913281573929011481598229.6226.118.718.413.9
19914119109388593620143995059265 230.8227.918.818.614.2
19923986421017261015595261020851671512256.1255.220.420.315.2
19933883941041921039424611044032501498268.8268.321.221.215.5
19943851121061791059173381062552621420275.9275.721.621.615.7
1995378011107870107789459108248811369286.4285.422.322.216.0
1996364732111456111358301111659981256306.1305.623.423.416.4
19973485981115261114162931117091101206320.5319.924.324.216.4
1998342418110223110034297110331189 322.2321.924.424.416.2
1999337249105631105435231105666196 313.3313.223.923.915.5
2000327882105454105212215105427242 321.5321.624.324.315.5
200133374410632310624317510641880 318.9318.624.224.215.6
2002328802105383105002152105154304 319.8320.524.224.315.4
2003335202104099103619149103768407 309.6310.623.623.715.2
2004336003100763100039158100039724 297.7299.922.923.1 
2005 10042(10042)117(10159)       
2006   5(5)       
yearlive birthsabortions, reportedabortions, residents, in country onlyabortions, residents, obtained abroadabortions, residents, totalabortions, occurrences by non-residentsfetal deathsabortion ratioabortion %abortion
rate,
residents
residents, in/out of countryall in countryresidents, in/out of countryall in country

Notes:

Sources:


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