Historical abortion statistics, Ontario (Canada)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Ontario (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	155,742
1963	156,487
1964	154,061
1965	141,610
1966	131,942
1967	127,509
1968	126,257
1969	130,398
1970	134,724		5,568				41.3		3.97
1971	130,398		16,173				124.0		11.03		9.45
1972	125,060		20,272				162.1		13.95		11.56
1973	125,180		22,603				180.6		15.29		12.57
1974	124,229		24,795		13,848		199.6		16.64		13.40
1975	125,775		24,921		13,286		198.1		16.54		13.13
1976	122,700		26,768		12,698		218.2		17.91		13.77
1977	122,757		27,782		11,810		226.3		18.46		14.00
1978	120,964		29,270		11,753		242.0		19.48		14.45
1979	121,655		30,671		11,492		252.1		20.14		14.87
1980	123,316		30,900		11,182		250.6		20.04		14.70
1981	122,183	30,391	30,463		11,009	248.7	249.3	19.92	19.96	14.29	14.32
1982	124,856	31,235	31,290		10,951	250.2	250.6	20.01	20.04	14.47	14.49
1983	126,826	28,351	28,404		10,692	223.5	224.0	18.27	18.30	12.93	12.96
1984	131,296	28,199	28,276		10,648	214.8	215.4	17.68	17.72	12.66	12.70
1985	132,208	27,274	27,335		10,495	206.3	206.8	17.10	17.13	12.05	12.08
1986	133,882	26,868	26,928		10,446	200.7	201.1	16.71	16.75	11.67	11.69
1987	134,617	27,856	27,935		10,139	206.9	207.5	17.15	17.19	11.86	11.90
1988	138,066	28,777	28,853		10,184	208.4	209.0	17.25	17.29	12.00	12.04
1989	145,338	31,588	31,644		10,139	217.3	217.7	17.85	17.88	12.78	12.81
1990	150,923	31,188	40,226		9,661	206.6	266.5	17.13	21.04	12.39	15.98
1991	151,478	31,313	31,187		8,511	206.7	205.9	17.13	17.07	12.43	12.38
1992	150,593	42,936	42,983		7,624	285.1	285.4	22.19	22.20	17.00	17.02
1993	147,848	44,833	44,891		6,661	303.2	303.6	23.27	23.29	17.77	17.79
1994	147,068	45,223	45,106		6,634	307.5	306.7	23.52	23.47	17.87	17.82
1995	146,263	46,174	46,095		5,703	315.7	315.2	23.99	23.96	18.16	18.13
1996	140,012	47,024	46,918		4,676	335.9	335.1	25.14	25.10	18.43	18.39
1997	133,004	47,258	44,046		4,014	355.3	331.2	26.22	24.88	18.44	17.19
1998	132,618	42,503	42,452		3,593	320.5	320.1	24.27	24.25	16.51	16.49
1999	131,080	39,969	39,981		3,441	304.9	305.0	23.37	23.37	15.45	15.46
2000	128,029	39,541	39,544	39,541	3,190	308.8	308.9	23.60	23.60	15.15	15.15
2001	132,484	46,168	46,168	46,168	2,941	348.5	348.5	25.84	25.84	17.45	17.45
2002	129,482	46,683	46,683	46,683	2,810	360.5	360.5	26.50	26.50	17.47	17.47
2003	131,985	48,272	48,272	48,272	2,864	365.7	365.7	26.78	26.78	17.98	17.98
2004	134,260	46,163	46,163	46,163	2,551	343.8	343.8	25.59	25.59	17.11	17.11
2005	136,712	46,873	46,873	46,873	2,532	342.9	342.9	25.53	25.53	17.30	17.30
2006	138,659	48,726	48,726	48,726	950	351.4	351.4	26.00	26.00	17.94	17.94
2007	140,670	49,024	49,024	49,024	1,144	348.5	348.5	25.84	25.84	18.06	18.06
2008	143,563	49,628	49,628	49,628	1,189	345.7	345.7	25.69	25.69	18.30	18.30
2009	143,357	48,742	48,742	48,742	1,132	340.0	340.0	25.37	25.37	18.01	18.01
2010	141,477	46,614	46,614	46,614	1,053	329.5	329.5	24.78	24.78	17.19	17.19
2011	141,550	46,088	46,088	46,088	1,176	325.6	325.6	24.56	24.56	16.94	16.94
2012	142,733	44,636	12,181	44,636	1,373	312.7	85.3	23.82	7.86	16.39	4.47
2013	140,372	43,865	11,440	43,865	1,378	312.5	81.5	23.81	7.54	16.11	4.20
2014	140,639	42,043	11,031	42,043	1,419	298.9	78.4	23.01	7.27	15.47	4.06
2015	140,057	39,679	10,317	39,679	1,434	283.3	73.7	22.08	6.86	14.65	3.81
2016	141,233	38,383	9,937	38,383	1,300	271.8	70.4	21.37	6.57	14.09	3.65
2017	141,192	35,587	9,574	35,587	1,469	252.0	67.8	20.13	6.35	12.91	3.47
2018	141,191	29,513	8,285	29,513	1,361	209.0	58.7	17.29	5.54	10.51	2.95
2019	141,295	27,911	7,310	27,911	1,421	197.5	51.7	16.50	4.92	9.75	2.55
2020	137,021	35,801	5,950	35,801	1,087	261.3	43.4	20.72	4.16	12.36	2.05
2021	141,249	34,988		34,988	1,121	247.7		19.85		12.10
2022	135,585	40,313		40,313	1,223	297.3		22.92		13.51
2023	137,286	42,167		42,167	1,145	307.1		23.50		13.41
2024	143,687	44,728		44,728		311.3		23.74		13.55
2025				(47,000)
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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