List of Canadian provinces and territories by life expectancy
This is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by life expectancy. Life expectancy is the average number of years of age that a group of infants born in the same year can expect to live, if maintained, from birth. The source is from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database.[1]
Life expectancy has increased in most Canadian provinces and territories due to medical advances in treating diseases such as heart disease and cancer - leading causes of death elsewhere worldwide. There were high gains in life expectancy in Nunavut due to improved rural health care; however, there were notable decreases in life expectancy in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Life expectancy in 2022 at birth
[edit]province | 2019 | 2019 →2021 |
2021 | 2021 →2022 |
2022 | 2019 →2022 | |||||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | ||||
Canada on average | 82.29 | 80.18 | 84.37 | 4.19 | −0.66 | 81.63 | 79.27 | 84.02 | 4.75 | −0.29 | 81.34 | 79.12 | 83.58 | 4.46 | −0.95 |
Quebec | 82.94 | 81.07 | 84.78 | 3.71 | 0.21 | 83.15 | 81.29 | 84.99 | 3.70 | −0.67 | 82.48 | 80.78 | 84.16 | 3.38 | −0.46 |
British Columbia | 82.81 | 80.62 | 85.04 | 4.42 | −1.40 | 81.41 | 78.67 | 84.26 | 5.59 | 0.05 | 81.46 | 78.75 | 84.30 | 5.55 | −1.35 |
Ontario | 82.59 | 80.43 | 84.72 | 4.29 | −0.61 | 81.98 | 79.60 | 84.35 | 4.75 | −0.16 | 81.82 | 79.57 | 84.07 | 4.50 | −0.77 |
Alberta | 81.97 | 79.86 | 84.10 | 4.24 | −1.70 | 80.27 | 77.61 | 83.16 | 5.55 | −0.05 | 80.22 | 77.91 | 82.64 | 4.73 | −1.75 |
New Brunswick | 80.76 | 78.49 | 83.06 | 4.57 | 0.14 | 80.90 | 78.79 | 82.89 | 4.10 | −1.14 | 79.76 | 77.77 | 81.80 | 4.03 | −1.00 |
Saskatchewan | 80.52 | 78.24 | 83.01 | 4.77 | −2.04 | 78.48 | 76.05 | 81.08 | 5.03 | 0.01 | 78.49 | 76.13 | 81.04 | 4.91 | −2.03 |
Nova Scotia | 80.42 | 78.46 | 82.28 | 3.82 | 0.00 | 80.42 | 78.07 | 82.79 | 4.72 | −0.70 | 79.72 | 77.47 | 81.96 | 4.49 | −0.70 |
Manitoba | 80.17 | 78.10 | 82.41 | 4.31 | −0.38 | 79.79 | 77.34 | 82.45 | 5.11 | −0.65 | 79.14 | 76.73 | 81.71 | 4.98 | −1.03 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 80.01 | 78.06 | 82.03 | 3.97 | −0.69 | 79.32 | 77.26 | 81.34 | 4.08 | −0.56 | 78.76 | 76.95 | 80.57 | 3.62 | −1.25 |
Data source: Statistics Canada.[2]
3-year average:
province or territory |
2017-2019 | change | 2020-2022 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | ||
Canada on average | 82.03 | 79.91 | 84.13 | 4.22 | −0.48 | 81.55 | 79.28 | 83.84 | 4.56 |
Quebec | 82.63 | 80.78 | 84.39 | 3.61 | 0.00 | 82.63 | 80.86 | 84.37 | 3.51 |
Ontario | 82.41 | 80.28 | 84.48 | 4.20 | −0.44 | 81.97 | 79.66 | 84.25 | 4.59 |
British Columbia | 82.36 | 79.99 | 84.80 | 4.81 | −0.70 | 81.66 | 78.93 | 84.50 | 5.57 |
Alberta | 81.63 | 79.36 | 83.96 | 4.60 | −1.16 | 80.47 | 77.98 | 83.09 | 5.11 |
Prince Edward Island | 81.58 | 79.49 | 83.60 | 4.11 | 0.07 | 81.65 | 79.44 | 83.79 | 4.35 |
New Brunswick | 80.71 | 78.55 | 82.83 | 4.28 | −0.17 | 80.54 | 78.46 | 82.64 | 4.18 |
Nova Scotia | 80.39 | 78.31 | 82.42 | 4.11 | −0.15 | 80.24 | 78.01 | 82.51 | 4.50 |
Saskatchewan | 80.31 | 78.03 | 82.73 | 4.70 | −1.48 | 78.83 | 76.35 | 81.47 | 5.12 |
Manitoba | 80.04 | 77.89 | 82.23 | 4.34 | −0.60 | 79.44 | 77.05 | 81.95 | 4.90 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 79.93 | 77.96 | 81.90 | 3.94 | −0.71 | 79.22 | 77.35 | 81.22 | 3.87 |
Northwest Territories | 77.37 | 75.61 | 79.11 | 3.50 | −1.99 | 75.38 | 73.18 | 77.62 | 4.44 |
Nunavut | 70.55 | 68.71 | 72.35 | 3.64 | 1.12 | 71.67 | 68.86 | 74.35 | 5.49 |
Data source: Statistics Canada.[1][3] There are no data for Yukon for given periods. In 2014-2016 overall life expectancy in this territory was 78.68 years (75.92 for male and 81.47 for female).
Life expectancy by health region, 2015-2017 3-year averages
[edit]Health Region | Province | Life Expectancy[4] | Male[4] | Female[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern | Newfoundland and Labrador | 79.7 | 77.6 | 81.8 |
Central | Newfoundland and Labrador | 79.5 | 77.7 | 81.3 |
Western | Newfoundland and Labrador | 79.5 | 78 | 80.8 |
Labrador-Grenfell | Newfoundland and Labrador | 77.9 | 75.7 | 80.3 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince Edward Island | 82.0 | 79.9 | 83.8 |
Western | Nova Scotia | 80.9 | 78.6 | 83.1 |
Northern | Nova Scotia | 79.5 | 77.6 | 81.5 |
Eastern | Nova Scotia | 78.5 | 75.6 | 81.4 |
Central | Nova Scotia | 81.2 | 79.2 | 83.1 |
Moncton | New Brunswick | 81.7 | 79.4 | 84 |
Saint John | New Brunswick | 80.1 | 78 | 82.1 |
Fredericton | New Brunswick | 80.9 | 79.1 | 82.6 |
Edmundston | New Brunswick | 79.8 | 77.5 | 81.8 |
Campbellton | New Brunswick | 79.4 | 76.5 | 82 |
Bathurst | New Brunswick | 81.4 | 79.2 | 83.6 |
Miramichi | New Brunswick | 79.5 | 76.2 | 82.6 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | 82.2 | 80.1 | 84 |
Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | 82.5 | 80.9 | 84 |
Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | 83.3 | 81.4 | 84.9 |
Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | 82.3 | 80.1 | 84.3 |
Estrie | Quebec | 83.1 | 81.1 | 84.9 |
Montréal | Quebec | 83.1 | 81 | 85.1 |
Outaouais | Quebec | 81.5 | 79.7 | 83.2 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | 80.4 | 78.5 | 82.3 |
Côte-Nord | Quebec | 81.1 | 79.8 | 82.4 |
Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | 80.6 | 79.3 | 81.4 |
Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | 80.8 | 78.7 | 82.8 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | 83.3 | 81.4 | 85.1 |
Laval | Quebec | 83.9 | 81.9 | 85.6 |
Lanaudière | Quebec | 82.1 | 80.6 | 83.6 |
Laurentides | Quebec | 82.1 | 80.5 | 83.7 |
Montérégie | Quebec | 82.8 | 81 | 84.4 |
Nunavik | Quebec | 68.7 | 65.6 | 73 |
Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James | Quebec | 77.2 | 75.4 | 78.7 |
Algoma | Ontario | 79.4 | 77.2 | 81.6 |
Brant | Ontario | 80.2 | 78.1 | 82.2 |
Durham | Ontario | 82.5 | 80.6 | 84.4 |
Grey Bruce | Ontario | 81.6 | 79.5 | 83.8 |
Haldimand-Norfolk | Ontario | 80.2 | 78.3 | 82.1 |
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge | Ontario | 81.2 | 79.3 | 83.2 |
Halton | Ontario | 84.5 | 82.6 | 86.2 |
Hamilton | Ontario | 81.3 | 78.8 | 83.6 |
Hastings and Prince Edward | Ontario | 80.1 | 77.8 | 82.4 |
Huron | Ontario | 80.7 | 78.5 | 82.7 |
Chatham-Kent | Ontario | 80.4 | 78.1 | 82.4 |
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington | Ontario | 81.5 | 79.1 | 83.8 |
Lambton | Ontario | 80.5 | 78.3 | 82.7 |
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark | Ontario | 81.3 | 79.4 | 83 |
Middlesex-London | Ontario | 82.0 | 79.9 | 84 |
Niagara | Ontario | 81.4 | 79.2 | 83.5 |
North Bay Parry Sound | Ontario | 80.3 | 78.2 | 82.4 |
Northwestern | Ontario | 76.6 | 74.7 | 78.6 |
Ottawa | Ontario | 83.7 | 81.9 | 85.3 |
Oxford Elgin St. Thomas | Ontario | 80.8 | 78.9 | 82.6 |
Peel | Ontario | 84.8 | 83 | 86.4 |
Perth | Ontario | 81.7 | 79.7 | 83.5 |
Peterborough | Ontario | 81.5 | 79.3 | 83.5 |
Porcupine | Ontario | 78.3 | 76.1 | 80.5 |
Renfrew | Ontario | 81.1 | 79.2 | 83 |
Eastern | Ontario | 81.2 | 79.1 | 83.2 |
Simcoe Muskoka | Ontario | 81.6 | 79.7 | 83.4 |
Sudbury | Ontario | 79.8 | 76.9 | 82.7 |
Thunder Bay | Ontario | 78.9 | 76.8 | 81.1 |
Timiskaming | Ontario | 79.3 | 76.9 | 81.7 |
Waterloo | Ontario | 82.1 | 80.2 | 83.9 |
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph | Ontario | 82.3 | 80.5 | 83.9 |
Windsor-Essex | Ontario | 81.7 | 79.7 | 83.7 |
York | Ontario | 85.7 | 84 | 87.1 |
Toronto | Ontario | 84.3 | 81.7 | 86.7 |
Winnipeg | Manitoba | 80.8 | 78.6 | 82.8 |
Prairie Mountain | Manitoba | 80.0 | 78 | 82.1 |
Interlake-Eastern | Manitoba | 80.3 | 78.6 | 82.2 |
Northern | Manitoba | 72.7 | 70.3 | 75.2 |
Southern | Manitoba | 81.0 | 79.1 | 83.1 |
Sun Country | Saskatchewan | 81.5 | 79.7 | 83.2 |
Five Hills | Saskatchewan | 81.3 | 78.4 | 84 |
Cypress | Saskatchewan | 81.4 | 79.3 | 83.5 |
Regina Qu'Appelle | Saskatchewan | 80.5 | 78.2 | 82.8 |
Sunrise | Saskatchewan | 79.5 | 76.7 | 82.4 |
Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | 81.3 | 79.1 | 83.4 |
Heartland | Saskatchewan | 80.9 | 78.2 | 83.7 |
Kelsey Trail | Saskatchewan | 78.8 | 76.4 | 81.4 |
Prince Albert Parkland | Saskatchewan | 78.3 | 75.4 | 81.6 |
Prairie North | Saskatchewan | 78.8 | 76.1 | 81.7 |
Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca | Saskatchewan | 73.3 | 71 | 75.8 |
South | Alberta | 80.3 | 78.1 | 82.4 |
Calgary | Alberta | 83.1 | 81.2 | 85 |
Central | Alberta | 79.9 | 77.4 | 82.6 |
Edmonton | Alberta | 82 | 79.5 | 84.5 |
North | Alberta | 79.2 | 77.1 | 81.7 |
East Kootenay | British Columbia | 80.5 | 78.5 | 82.7 |
Kootenay-Boundary | British Columbia | 80.4 | 77.9 | 82.8 |
Okanagan | British Columbia | 81.2 | 78.7 | 83.8 |
Thompson/Cariboo | British Columbia | 79.9 | 77.8 | 82.3 |
Fraser East | British Columbia | 81.2 | 78.7 | 83.7 |
Fraser North | British Columbia | 83.6 | 81.6 | 85.6 |
Fraser South | British Columbia | 82.8 | 80.6 | 85 |
Richmond | British Columbia | 86.8 | 85.2 | 88.2 |
Vancouver | British Columbia | 84.1 | 81.6 | 86.6 |
North Shore/Coast Garibaldi | British Columbia | 83.9 | 81.6 | 86.2 |
South Vancouver Island | British Columbia | 83.3 | 81.1 | 85.3 |
Central Vancouver Island | British Columbia | 81.3 | 79.2 | 83.3 |
North Vancouver Island | British Columbia | 81 | 78.6 | 83.5 |
Northwest | British Columbia | 79.1 | 76.9 | 81.7 |
Northern Interior | British Columbia | 78.8 | 76.9 | 81 |
Northeast | British Columbia | 78 | 76.4 | 79.6 |
Yukon[a] | Yukon | 78.7 | 75.9 | 81.5 |
Northwest Territories | Northwest Territories | 77.1 | 75.2 | 79.3 |
Nunavut | Nunavut | 72.1 | 70.8 | 73.4 |
Life expectancy in 2020 at birth
[edit]Rank | Province/Territory | Life expectancy
(2020)[2] |
3-year average (2018-2020)[1][3][a] | 3-year average (2008-2010)[1][3] | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Male | Female | |||||
1. | Quebec | 82.34 | 82.57 | 80.77 | 84.31 | 81.24 | 1.27 |
2. | British Columbia | 82.19 | 82.39 | 79.93 | 84.93 | 81.82 | 0.57 |
3. | Ontario | 82.14 | 82.34 | 80.16 | 84.47 | 81.53 | 0.81 |
- | Canada | 81.72 | 81.97 | 79.82 | 84.11 | 81.15 | 0.82 |
4. | Prince Edward Island | — | 81.80 | 79.80 | 83.72 | 80.44 | 1.36 |
5. | Alberta | 80.89 | 81.46 | 79.15 | 83.85 | 80.81 | 0.65 |
6. | New Brunswick | 81.17 | 80.84 | 78.70 | 82.91 | 80.34 | 0.50 |
7. | Nova Scotia | 80.58 | 80.46 | 78.37 | 82.55 | 80.17 | 0.29 |
8. | Saskatchewan | 79.46 | 80.06 | 77.69 | 82.56 | 79.51 | 0.55 |
9. | Newfoundland and Labrador | 79.66 | 79.89 | 77.93 | 81.87 | 79.28 | 0.61 |
10. | Manitoba | 79.41 | 79.88 | 77.73 | 82.12 | 79.64 | 0.24 |
11. | Yukon[a] | — | 78.68 | 75.92 | 81.47 | 77.25 | 1.43 |
12. | Northwest Territories | — | 77.00 | 75.10 | 78.88 | 76.77 | 0.23 |
13. | Nunavut | — | 70.74 | 68.18 | 72.69 | 71.53 | 0.79 |
Past life expectancy
[edit]Province/Territory | 2019[10] | 2010[10] | 2000[10] | 1990[10] | 1980[10] | Change 1980-2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | 82.1 | 81.2 | 79.0 | 77.6 | 75.5 | 6.6 |
Alberta | 81.6 | 81.3 | 79.4 | 77.8 | 75.0 | 6.6 |
British Columbia | 82.4 | 82.1 | 80.3 | 78.1 | 76.0 | 6.4 |
Manitoba | 80.1 | 79.9 | 78.0 | 77.4 | 75.3 | 4.8 |
New Brunswick | 80.7 | 80.7 | 78.9 | 77.3 | 74.5 | 6.2 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 80.0 | 79.6 | 77.3 | 76.1 | 74.8 | 5.2 |
Northwest Territories | 77.4 | 77.8 | 75.5 | 72.4 | 68.7 | 8.7 |
Nova Scotia | 80.4 | 80.3 | 78.5 | 76.7 | 74.6 | 5.8 |
Nunavut | 71.1 | 70.4 | 67.5 | 65.5 | 62.4 | 8.7 |
Ontario | 82.4 | 81.7 | 79.4 | 77.8 | 75.4 | 7.0 |
Prince Edward Island | 81.6 | 81.3 | 78.4 | 76.9 | 76.2 | 5.4 |
Quebec | 82.9 | 81.4 | 79.0 | 77.0 | 74.4 | 8.5 |
Saskatchewan | 80.3 | 79.6 | 78.5 | 77.9 | 75.9 | 4.4 |
Yukon | 79.0 | 77.3 | 75.0 | 74.4 | 69.8 | 9.2 |
Global Data Lab (2019–2022)
[edit]region | 2019 | 2019 →2021 |
2021 | 2021 →2022 |
2022 | 2019 →2022 | ||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | overall | male | female | F Δ M | ||||
Canada on average | 82.36 | 80.28 | 84.42 | 4.14 | 0.30 | 82.66 | 0.19 | 82.85 | 80.87 | 84.80 | 3.93 | 0.49 |
Quebec | 82.97 | 81.23 | 84.62 | 3.39 | 0.29 | 83.26 | 0.19 | 83.45 | 81.83 | 85.00 | 3.17 | 0.48 |
British Columbia | 82.79 | 80.39 | 85.24 | 4.85 | 0.29 | 83.08 | 0.19 | 83.27 | 80.98 | 85.62 | 4.64 | 0.48 |
Ontario | 82.74 | 80.62 | 84.78 | 4.16 | 0.29 | 83.03 | 0.19 | 83.22 | 81.21 | 85.16 | 3.95 | 0.48 |
Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut | 82.19 | 80.26 | 84.03 | 3.77 | 0.30 | 82.49 | 0.19 | 82.68 | 80.85 | 84.40 | 3.55 | 0.49 |
Alberta | 81.85 | 79.60 | 84.16 | 4.56 | 0.29 | 82.14 | 0.19 | 82.33 | 80.19 | 84.54 | 4.35 | 0.48 |
New Brunswick | 81.23 | 79.15 | 83.22 | 4.07 | 0.29 | 81.52 | 0.19 | 81.71 | 79.73 | 83.59 | 3.86 | 0.48 |
Nova Scotia | 80.85 | 78.82 | 82.85 | 4.03 | 0.28 | 81.13 | 0.19 | 81.32 | 79.40 | 83.22 | 3.82 | 0.47 |
Saskatchewan | 80.38 | 78.14 | 82.86 | 4.72 | 0.29 | 80.67 | 0.19 | 80.86 | 78.71 | 83.23 | 4.52 | 0.48 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 80.27 | 78.38 | 82.17 | 3.79 | 0.29 | 80.56 | 0.19 | 80.75 | 78.95 | 82.54 | 3.59 | 0.48 |
Manitoba | 80.26 | 78.18 | 82.42 | 4.24 | 0.29 | 80.55 | 0.19 | 80.74 | 78.75 | 82.79 | 4.04 | 0.48 |
Data source: Global Data Lab[11]
See also
[edit]- List of North American countries by life expectancy
- List of Canadian provinces and territories by GDP
- List of Canadian provinces and territories by Human Development Index
- List of governments in Canada by annual expenditures
- List of Canadian provincial and territorial name etymologies
- Population of Canada by province and territory
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ a b "Life expectancy and other elements of the complete life table, single-year estimates, Canada, all provinces except Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Life expectancy and other elements of the abridged life table, three-year estimates, Prince Edward Island and the territories". Statistics Canada. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Life expectancy, at birth and at age 65, by sex, three-year average, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions and peer groups". Statistics Canada. 30 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Life expectancy at birth, total - Canada". World Bank Group.
- ^ "Life expectancy at birth: Canada". Our World in Data.
- ^ "Life expectancy at birth: Canada, United States". Our World in Data.
- ^ "Statistics Canada". 25 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Canadian male and Female Life Expectancy By Province".
- ^ "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.