Historical abortion statistics, Alberta (Canada)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Alberta (Canada)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 31 May 2026

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

Live births
Abortions, reported includes official data from the national statistics office with some data from provincial agencies.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report working papers.
Miscarriages may include stillbirths and/or spontaneous early miscarriages.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women ages 15-44.

year	live births	abortions, reported (official)		abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR)	miscarriages	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate
year	live births	all in area	residents, in and out of area	abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR)	miscarriages	all in area	residents, in/out of area	all in area	residents, in/out of area	all in area	residents, in/out of area
1962	38,796
1963	39,173
1964	37,637
1965	34,816
1966	31,331
1967	30,716
1968	30,358
1969	30,380
1970	31,967		1,154				36.1		3.48
1971	31,913		3,116				97.6		8.90		8.63
1972	(29,200)		3,887				133.1		11.75		10.44
1973	29,416		4,047				137.6		12.09		10.51
1974	29,813		4,391		3,460		147.3		12.84		11.05
1975	31,624		4,333		3,176		137.0		12.05		10.39
1976	33,062		4,943		3,517		149.5		13.01		11.28
1977	34,406		5,642		3,499		164.0		14.09		12.09
1978	35,396		6,562		3,659		185.4		15.64		13.30
1979	37,003		6,872		3,865		185.7		15.66		13.23
1980	39,749		7,131		4,001		179.4		15.21		12.97
1981	42,638		6,757		4,243		158.5		13.68		11.63
1982	45,036		6,617		4,453		146.9		12.81		10.92
1983	45,555		6,484		4,301		142.3		12.46		10.57
1984	44,105		6,668		4,338		151.2		13.13		10.91
1985	43,813		6,547		4,246		149.4		13.00		10.68
1986	43,744		6,313		4,902		144.3		12.61		10.17
1987	42,110		5,540		4,812		131.6		11.63		8.95
1988	42,055		6,296		5,146		149.7		13.02		10.18
1989	43,351		6,585		4,639		151.9		13.19		10.53
1990	43,004		6,854		4,777		159.4		13.75		10.80
1991	42,776		6,803		4,959		159.0		13.72		10.63
1992	42,039		8,552		5,619		203.4		16.90		13.28
1993	40,292		8,924		5,267		221.5		18.13		13.81
1994	39,796	9,186	9,009		5,376	230.8	226.4	18.75	18.46	14.17	13.90
1995	38,914	9,113	8,928		5,106	234.2	229.4	18.97	18.66	13.98	13.70
1996	37,851	9,446	9,265		4,870	249.6	244.8	19.97	19.66	14.34	14.06
1997	36,905	10,594	10,337		4,751	287.1	280.1	22.30	21.88	15.83	15.44
1998	37,905	10,742	10,355		4,882	283.4	273.2	22.08	21.46	15.74	15.18
1999	38,171	10,507	10,188		4,865	275.3	266.9	21.58	21.07	15.23	14.77
2000	37,015	10,780	10,476	10,780	4,723	291.2	283.0	22.55	22.06	15.47	15.03
2001	37,626	10,894	10,603	10,894	4,665	289.5	281.8	22.45	21.98	15.49	15.08
2002	38,707	10,962	10,774	10,962	4,941	283.2	278.3	22.07	21.77	15.37	15.10
2003	40,307	10,227	10,825	10,227	4,763	253.7	268.6	20.24	21.17	14.23	15.06
2004	40,789	11,283	11,098	11,283	4,807	276.6	272.1	21.67	21.39	15.58	15.32
2005	42,122	11,040	10,859	11,040	5,135	262.1	257.8	20.77	20.50	14.94	14.69
2006	45,247	11,936	11,732	11,936	5,301	263.8	259.3	20.87	20.59	15.78	15.51
2007	49,036	12,687	12,206	12,687	5,763	258.7	248.9	20.55	19.93	16.41	15.79
2008	50,870	13,264	12,537	13,264	6,006	260.7	246.5	20.68	19.77	16.84	15.92
2009	51,739	13,150	12,395	13,150	6,291	254.2	239.6	20.27	19.33	16.37	15.43
2010	50,869	13,084	12,471	13,084	6,273	257.2	245.2	20.46	19.69	16.13	15.37
2011	51,063	13,372	2,283	13,372	349	261.9	44.7	20.75	4.28	16.28	2.78
2012	52,649	13,287	2,138	13,287	371	252.4	40.6	20.15	3.90	15.87	2.55
2013	53,428	13,376	2,189	13,376	398	250.4	41.0	20.02	3.94	15.60	2.55
2014	55,836	13,815	2,059	13,815	390	247.4	36.9	19.83	3.56	15.72	2.34
2015	56,946	13,358	1,917	13,358	383	234.6	33.7	19.00	3.26	15.00	2.15
2016	55,948	12,948	1,739	12,948	420	231.4	31.1	18.79	3.01	14.48	1.95
2017	53,712	12,706	1,629	12,706	413	236.6	30.3	19.13	2.94	14.18	1.82
2018	52,528	12,848	1,519	12,848	421	244.6	28.9	19.65	2.81	14.24	1.68
2019	51,793	12,328	1,238	12,328	424	238.0	23.9	19.23	2.33	13.54	1.36
2020	49,073	11,983	1,076	11,983	436	244.2	21.9	19.63	2.15	13.09	1.18
2021	49,967	11,223		11,223	412	224.6		18.34		12.30
2022	47,487	11,835		11,835	456	249.2		19.95		12.72
2023	48,303	11,895		11,895	473	246.3		19.76		12.15
2024	51,614	11,701		11,701		226.7		18.48		11.30
2025				(11,700)
year	live births	abortions, reported (official)		abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR)	miscarriages	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate
year	live births	all in area	residents, in and out of area	abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR)	miscarriages	all in area	residents, in/out of area	all in area	residents, in/out of area	all in area	residents, in/out of area

Notes:

Official data may be incomplete.
Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Some miscarriage data includes only stillbirths, some data includes known early miscarriages, thus this series is not a consistent time series.
Abortion rates may be based on a mix of national or provincial agency data and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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