Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Canada
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 June 2023
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Live births.
- Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
- Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
- Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported
abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
- Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported
abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
- Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions
by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
- Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths
of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
- Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/
abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
- Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
- Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies
(excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
- Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-44.
- Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.
Canada regional level data also available here.
year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions (AWR) | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | abortions, occurrences by non-residents | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents | abortion rate, occurences (AWR) |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
1921 | 264,879 | | | | | | | 9,089 | | | | | | |
1922 | 259,825 | | | | | | | 8,536 | | | | | | |
1923 | 247,404 | | | | | | | 8,425 | | | | | | |
1924 | 251,351 | | | | | | | 8,401 | | | | | | |
1925 | 249,365 | | | | | | | 8,176 | | | | | | |
1926 | 240,015 | | | | | | | 7,245 | | | | | | |
1927 | 241,149 | | | | | | | 7,464 | | | | | | |
1928 | 243,616 | | | | | | | 7,673 | | | | | | |
1929 | 242,226 | | | | | | | 7,720 | | | | | | |
1930 | 250,335 | | | | | | | 7,847 | | | | | | |
1931 | 247,205 | | | | | | | 7,778 | | | | | | |
1932 | 242,698 | | | | | | | 7,396 | | | | | | |
1933 | 229,791 | | | | | | | 6,988 | | | | | | |
1934 | 228,296 | | | | | | | 6,613 | | | | | | |
1935 | 228,396 | | | | | | | 6,594 | | | | | | |
1936 | 227,980 | | | | | | | 6,531 | | | | | | |
1937 | 227,869 | | | | | | | 6,433 | | | | | | |
1938 | 237,091 | | | | | | | 6,595 | | | | | | |
1939 | 237,991 | | | | | | | 6,515 | | | | | | |
1940 | 252,577 | | | | | | | 6,810 | | | | | | |
1941 | 263,993 | | | | | | | 7,091 | | | | | | |
1942 | 281,569 | | | | | | | 7,319 | | | | | | |
1943 | 292,943 | | | | | | | 6,988 | | | | | | |
1944 | 293,967 | | | | | | | 6,895 | | | | | | |
1945 | 300,587 | | | | | | | 6,884 | | | | | | |
1946 | 343,504 | | | | | | | 7,368 | | | | | | |
1947 | 372,589 | | | | | | | 7,646 | | | | | | |
1948 | 359,860 | | | | | | | 7,071 | | | | | | |
1949 | 367,092 | | | | | | | 7,285 | | | | | | |
1950 | 372,009 | | | | | | | 7,192 | | | | | | |
1951 | 381,092 | | | | | | | 7,023 | | | | | | |
1952 | 403,559 | | | | | | | 7,277 | | | | | | |
1953 | 417,884 | | | | | | | 6,991 | | | | | | |
1954 | 436,198 | | | | | | | 7,231 | | | | | | |
1955 | 442,937 | | | | | | | 6,918 | | | | | | |
1956 | 450,739 | | | | | | | 6,976 | | | | | | |
1957 | 469,093 | | | | | | | 6,837 | | | | | | |
1958 | 470,118 | | | | | | | 6,726 | | | | | | |
1959 | 479,275 | | | | | | | 6,560 | | | | | | |
1960 | 478,551 | | | | | | | 6,471 | | | | | | |
1961 | 475,700 | | | | | | | 6,019 | | | | | | |
1962 | 469,693 | | | | | | | 5,882 | | | | | | |
1963 | 465,767 | | | | | | | 5,732 | | | | | | |
1964 | 452,915 | | | | | | | 5,520 | | | | | | |
1965 | 418,595 | | | | | | | 4,847 | | | | | | |
1966 | 387,710 | | | | | | | 4,429 | | | | | | |
1967 | 370,894 | | | | | | | 4,248 | | | | | | |
1968 | 364,310 | | | | 106 | 106 | | 3,926 | 0.29 | | 0.03 | | | |
1969 | 369,647 | | (2,000) | | 382 | 4,378 | | 3,694 | 11.8 | | 1.17 | | | |
1970 | 371,988 | 11,200 | 11,200 | 11,152 | 299 | 11,451 | 48 | 3,687 | 30.8 | 30.1 | 2.99 | 2.92 | 2.5 | |
1971 | 362,187 | 30,949 | 30,949 | 37,232 | 6,309 | 43,541 | 26 | 3,396 | 120.2 | 85.5 | 10.73 | 7.87 | 7.8 | |
1972 | 347,319 | 38,905 | 38,905 | 45,426 | 6,573 | 51,999 | 52 | 3,046 | 149.7 | 112.0 | 13.02 | 10.07 | 9.3 | |
1973 | 343,373 | 43,245 | 43,245 | 48,702 | 5,501 | 54,203 | 44 | 2,866 | 157.9 | 125.9 | 13.63 | 11.19 | 9.7 | |
1974 | 345,645 | 48,198 | 48,198 | 52,435 | 4,299 | 56,734 | 62 | 2,766 | 164.1 | 139.4 | 14.10 | 12.24 | 10.2 | |
1975 | 348,110 | 49,390 | 49,390 | 53,705 | 10,000 | 63,705 | 79 | 3,382 | 183.0 | 141.9 | 15.47 | 12.43 | 10.2 | |
1976 | 348,857 | 54,536 | 54,536 | 58,712 | 4,234 | 62,946 | 58 | 2,543 | 180.4 | 156.3 | 15.29 | 13.52 | 10.8 | |
1977 | 361,400 | 57,620 | 57,620 | 59,864 | 2,300 | 62,164 | 56 | 3,108 | 172.0 | 159.4 | 14.68 | 13.75 | 10.8 | |
1978 | 358,852 | 64,969 | 64,969 | 66,710 | 1,802 | 68,512 | 61 | 2,880 | 190.9 | 181.0 | 16.03 | 15.33 | 11.8 | |
1979 | 366,064 | 68,764 | 68,764 | 69,745 | 1,073 | 70,818 | 92 | 2,808 | 193.5 | 187.8 | 16.21 | 15.81 | 12.1 | |
1980 | 370,709 | 70,559 | 70,559 | 72,099 | 3,970 | 76,069 | 104 | 2,697 | 205.2 | 190.3 | 17.03 | 15.99 | 12.2 | |
1981 | 371,346 | 69,334 | 69,334 | 71,911 | 5,000 | 76,911 | 74 | 2,729 | 207.1 | 186.7 | 17.16 | 15.73 | 11.9 | |
1982 | 373,082 | 70,825 | 70,825 | 75,071 | 5,400 | 80,471 | 65 | 2,704 | 215.7 | 189.8 | 17.74 | 15.95 | 12.3 | |
1983 | 373,689 | 65,435 | 65,435 | 69,368 | 3,983 | 73,351 | 50 | 2,581 | 196.3 | 175.1 | 16.41 | 14.90 | 11.2 | |
1984 | 377,031 | 65,862 | 65,862 | 69,449 | 3,631 | 73,080 | 44 | 2,383 | 193.8 | 174.7 | 16.24 | 14.87 | 11.1 | |
1985 | 375,727 | 66,446 | 66,446 | 69,216 | 2,798 | 72,014 | 28 | 2,379 | 191.7 | 176.8 | 16.08 | 15.03 | 11.0 | |
1986 | 372,431 | 67,006 | 67,006 | 69,572 | 2,612 | 72,184 | 46 | 2,318 | 193.8 | 179.9 | 16.24 | 15.25 | 10.9 | |
1987 | 369,441 | 67,343 | 67,343 | 70,023 | 2,757 | 72,780 | 77 | 2,336 | 197.0 | 182.3 | 16.46 | 15.42 | 10.9 | |
1988 | 375,743 | 70,868 | 70,868 | 72,693 | 1,939 | 74,632 | 114 | 2,301 | 198.6 | 188.6 | 16.57 | 15.87 | 11.2 | |
1989 | 391,925 | 77,838 | 77,838 | 79,315 | 1,551 | 80,866 | 74 | 2,493 | 206.3 | 198.6 | 17.10 | 16.57 | 12.0 | |
1990 | 404,669 | 91,476 | 91,476 | 92,901 | 1,573 | 94,474 | 148 | 1,598 | 233.5 | 226.1 | 18.93 | 18.44 | 13.9 | 16.28 |
1991 | 402,528 | 93,885 | 93,885 | 95,059 | 1,439 | 96,498 | 265 | 2,294 | 239.7 | 233.2 | 19.34 | 18.91 | 14.2 | 16.51 |
1992 | 398,642 | 101,726 | 101,726 | 102,085 | 526 | 102,611 | 167 | 2,520 | 257.4 | 255.2 | 20.47 | 20.33 | 15.2 | 17.85 |
1993 | 388,394 | 104,192 | 104,192 | 104,403 | 461 | 104,864 | 250 | 2,335 | 270.0 | 268.3 | 21.26 | 21.15 | 15.5 | 18.28 |
1994 | 385,112 | 106,179 | 106,179 | 106,255 | 338 | 106,593 | 262 | 2,300 | 276.8 | 275.7 | 21.68 | 21.61 | 15.7 | 18.64 |
1995 | 378,011 | 107,870 | 107,870 | 108,248 | 459 | 108,707 | 81 | 2,358 | 287.6 | 285.4 | 22.33 | 22.20 | 16.0 | 18.97 |
1996 | 364,732 | 111,456 | 111,456 | 111,659 | 301 | 111,960 | 98 | 2,125 | 307.0 | 305.6 | 23.49 | 23.41 | 16.4 | 19.64 |
1997 | 348,598 | 111,526 | 111,526 | 111,709 | 293 | 112,002 | 110 | 2,144 | 321.3 | 319.9 | 24.32 | 24.24 | 16.4 | 19.74 |
1998 | 342,418 | 110,223 | 110,223 | 110,331 | 297 | 110,628 | 189 | 1,996 | 323.1 | 321.9 | 24.42 | 24.35 | 16.2 | 19.62 |
1999 | 337,249 | 105,631 | 105,631 | 105,666 | 231 | 105,897 | 196 | 2,067 | 314.0 | 313.2 | 23.90 | 23.85 | 15.5 | 18.90 |
2000 | 327,882 | 105,454 | 105,454 | 105,427 | 215 | 105,642 | 242 | 1,990 | 322.2 | 321.6 | 24.37 | 24.34 | 15.5 | 18.95 |
2001 | 333,744 | 113,660 | 113,660 | 106,418 | 175 | 106,593 | 80 | 2,042 | 319.4 | 340.6 | 24.21 | 25.40 | 15.6 | 20.53 |
2002 | 328,802 | 113,957 | (114,000) | 105,154 | 152 | 105,306 | 304 | 2,015 | 320.3 | 346.6 | 24.26 | 25.74 | 15.4 | 20.71 |
2003 | 335,202 | 114,917 | (115,000) | 103,768 | 149 | 103,917 | 407 | 2,162 | 310.0 | 342.8 | 23.66 | 25.53 | 15.2 | 21.04 |
2004 | 336,003 | 111,479 | (112,900) | 100,039 | 165 | 100,204 | 724 | 2,066 | 298.2 | 331.8 | 22.97 | 24.91 | 14.1 | 20.78 |
2005 | 342,176 | 110,135 | (112,100) | 96,815 | 125 | 96,940 | 439 | 2,209 | 283.3 | 321.9 | 22.08 | 24.35 | 13.7 | 20.70 |
2006 | 350,181 | 97,384 | (115,400) | 91,377 | 133 | 91,510 | 67 | 2,272 | 261.3 | 278.1 | 20.72 | 21.76 | | 21.28 |
2007 | 367,864 | 115,556 | 115,556 | (98,754) | 161 | 98,915 | 65 | 2,637 | 268.9 | 314.1 | 21.19 | 23.90 | | 21.16 |
2008 | 377,886 | 113,558 | (116,100) | (95,876) | 147 | 96,023 | 29 | 2,774 | 254.1 | 300.5 | 20.26 | 23.11 | | 21.04 |
2009 | 380,863 | 112,229 | (114,800) | (93,755) | 111 | 93,866 | 17 | 2,734 | 246.5 | 294.7 | 19.77 | 22.76 | | 20.57 |
2010 | 377,213 | 108,596 | (111,100) | (90,747) | 137 | 90,884 | 5 | 2,666 | 240.9 | 287.9 | 19.42 | 22.35 | | 19.70 |
2011 | 377,897 | 110,498 | 110,498 | (92,524) | 170 | 92,694 | 7 | 2,818 | 245.3 | 292.4 | 19.70 | 22.62 | | 19.39 |
2012 | 382,980 | (100,958) | (107,700) | (83,675) | 84 | 83,769 | 6 | 2,965 | 218.7 | 263.6 | 17.95 | 20.86 | | 18.75 |
2013 | 386,044 | (102,446) | (105,600) | (35,003) | 74 | 35,077 | 4 | 3,072 | 90.9 | 265.4 | 8.33 | 20.97 | | 18.28 |
2014 | 388,729 | (100,194) | (104,100) | (33,931) | 100 | 34,031 | 7 | 3,201 | 87.5 | 257.7 | 8.05 | 20.49 | | 17.94 |
2015 | 382,392 | (100,104) | (101,400) | (31,911) | 83 | 31,994 | 15 | 3,115 | 83.7 | 261.8 | 7.72 | 20.75 | | 17.47 |
2016 | 383,102 | (97,764) | (98,800) | 30,767 | 48 | 30,815 | 16 | 3,063 | 80.4 | 255.2 | 7.44 | 20.33 | | 17.00 |
2017 | 377,627 | (94,030) | (95,000) | 29,564 | 4 | 29,568 | 23 | 3,159 | 78.3 | 249.0 | 7.26 | 19.94 | | 16.34 |
2018 | 374,617 | 85,195 | (85,700) | 26,475 | 3 | 26,478 | 16 | 3,061 | 70.7 | 227.4 | 6.60 | 18.53 | | 14.72 |
2019 | 372,978 | 83,576 | (84,100) | 24,820 | | 24,820 | 16 | 3,191 | 66.5 | 224.1 | 6.24 | 18.31 | | 14.41 |
2020 | 360,552 | 91,551 | (92,000) | 21,809 | | 21,809 | 10 | 3,063 | 60.5 | 253.9 | 5.70 | 20.25 | | 15.76 |
2021 | 367,684 | 87,485 | (87,500) | | | | | 3,174 | | 237.9 | | 19.22 | | 14.98 |
2022 | | | (88,000) | | | | | | | | | | | (15.1) |
year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions (AWR) | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | abortions, occurrences by non-residents | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents | abortion rate, occurences (AWR) |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
Notes:
- Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are
derived from reported data.
- Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of
data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.
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