Figure 2.1 - Crude birth rate in Canada, 1921 to 2007

Figure 2.1 - Crude birth rate in Canada, 1921 to 2007¹

Summary: Between 1921 and 2007 the crude birth rate in Canada decreased from 29.3 to 11.2.

Source: Statistics Canada.

**Figure 2.1 - Crude birth rate in Canada, 1921 to 2007**¹
Year	Number of live births per 1,000 population
1921	29.3
1926	24.7
1931	23.2
1936	20.3
1941	22.4
1946	27.2
1951	27.2
1956	28.0
1961	26.1
1966	19.4
1971	16.8
1976	15.3
1981	14.9
1986	14.2
1991	14.3
1996	12.2
2001	10.7
2007	11.2

Footnote:
¹ Data not available from 1997 to 1999.