Canada recorded its lowest ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada.
The country recorded a rate of 1.26 children born per woman, according to the agency, with British Columbia having the nation’s lowest fertility rate at one child per woman.
“Canada has now joined the group of ‘lowest-low’ fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain, Italy and Japan, with 1.3 children per woman or less,” the agency said in a [Wednesday statement](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240925/dq240925c-eng.htm). “In comparison, the total fertility rate for the United States was 1.62 per woman in 2023.”
wokexinze on
Close the border! We have too many people! /s
CurrentSpeech on
We priced out having kids and now we have to import them to keep the economy going so that we can price out more kids.Â
KermitsBusiness on
Well its hard to bang for babies when the government keeps banging you first ya know.
e7603rs2wrg8cglkvaw4 on
Said it before and I’ll say it again: secular neoliberalism is doomed to commit demographic suicide
scott_c86 on
We should probably continue to allow the cost of housing to far outpace incomes (/s)
ProudSituation1255 on
It’s okay, the refugees and immigrants Trudeau brought in will pump out babies for Canadians instead
VinylGuy97 on
When Trudeau and the Liberals took office in 2015, the fertility rate was 1.6. Now in 2024, it is 1.26, which is a 21.25% drop
Windatar on
Because its too fucking expensive. Where are we suppose to raise kids? We have finite resources and they’re being taken up by the 3 million non Canadians here.
Wonderful-Pipe-5413 on
Children of Men
PlatypusMaximum3348 on
PC will not have my vote
shabi_sensei on
Funny how these articles never talk to women and ask them why they aren’t having babies, instead of letting men speculate on different reasons why in the comments
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Canada recorded its lowest ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada.
The country recorded a rate of 1.26 children born per woman, according to the agency, with British Columbia having the nation’s lowest fertility rate at one child per woman.
“Canada has now joined the group of ‘lowest-low’ fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain, Italy and Japan, with 1.3 children per woman or less,” the agency said in a [Wednesday statement](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240925/dq240925c-eng.htm). “In comparison, the total fertility rate for the United States was 1.62 per woman in 2023.”
Close the border! We have too many people! /s
We priced out having kids and now we have to import them to keep the economy going so that we can price out more kids.Â
Well its hard to bang for babies when the government keeps banging you first ya know.
Said it before and I’ll say it again: secular neoliberalism is doomed to commit demographic suicide
We should probably continue to allow the cost of housing to far outpace incomes (/s)
It’s okay, the refugees and immigrants Trudeau brought in will pump out babies for Canadians instead
When Trudeau and the Liberals took office in 2015, the fertility rate was 1.6. Now in 2024, it is 1.26, which is a 21.25% drop
Because its too fucking expensive. Where are we suppose to raise kids? We have finite resources and they’re being taken up by the 3 million non Canadians here.
Children of Men
PC will not have my vote
Funny how these articles never talk to women and ask them why they aren’t having babies, instead of letting men speculate on different reasons why in the comments