List of Canadian provinces and territories by life expectancy

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Life expectancy in Canada in 2018-2020, 3-year average.[a] The legend is identical to the one given in the health region map below.
Life expectancy in Canada in 2015-2017, 3-year average, by health regions.[a]
Development of life expectancy in Canada according to estimation of the World Bank Group
Life expectancy with calculated gender gap
Life expectancy in Canada according to estimation of the Our World in Data
Life expectancy in Canada and the US
Development of life expectancy in Canada in comparison to other big countries of North America
Life Expectancy in Canada 1921-2018 [1]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Canada on the background of other countries of the world in 2019
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females

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.[2]

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 2020 at birth[edit]

Rank Province/Territory Life expectancy

(2020)[3]

3-year average (2018-2020)[4][5][a] 3-year average (2008-2010)[4][5] Change
All Male Female
1.  Quebec 82.34 82.57 80.77 84.31 81.24 Increase 1.27
2.  British Columbia 82.19 82.39 79.93 84.93 81.82 Increase 0.57
3.  Ontario 82.14 82.34 80.16 84.47 81.53 Increase 0.81
-  Canada 81.72 81.97 79.82 84.11 81.15 Increase 0.82
4.  Prince Edward Island — 81.80 79.80 83.72 80.44 Increase 1.36
5.  Alberta 80.89 81.46 79.15 83.85 80.81 Increase 0.65
6.  New Brunswick 81.17 80.84 78.70 82.91 80.34 Increase 0.50
7.  Nova Scotia 80.58 80.46 78.37 82.55 80.17 Increase 0.29
8.  Saskatchewan 79.46 80.06 77.69 82.56 79.51 Increase 0.55
9.  Newfoundland and Labrador 79.66 79.89 77.93 81.87 79.28 Increase 0.61
10.  Manitoba 79.41 79.88 77.73 82.12 79.64 Increase 0.24
11.  Yukon[a] — 78.68 75.92 81.47 77.25 Increase 1.43
12.  Northwest Territories — 77.00 75.10 78.88 76.77 Increase 0.23
13.  Nunavut — 70.74 68.18 72.69 71.53 Decrease 0.79

Past life expectancy[edit]

Province/Territory 2019[6] 2010[6] 2000[6] 1990[6] 1980[6] Change 1980-2019
 Canada 82.1 81.2 79.0 77.6 75.5 Increase 6.6
 Alberta 81.6 81.3 79.4 77.8 75.0 Increase 6.6
 British Columbia 82.4 82.1 80.3 78.1 76.0 Increase 6.4
 Manitoba 80.1 79.9 78.0 77.4 75.3 Increase 4.8
 New Brunswick 80.7 80.7 78.9 77.3 74.5 Increase 6.2
 Newfoundland and Labrador 80.0 79.6 77.3 76.1 74.8 Increase 5.2
 Northwest Territories 77.4 77.8 75.5 72.4 68.7 Increase 8.7
 Nova Scotia 80.4 80.3 78.5 76.7 74.6 Increase 5.8
 Nunavut 71.1 70.4 67.5 65.5 62.4 Increase 8.7
 Ontario 82.4 81.7 79.4 77.8 75.4 Increase 7.0
 Prince Edward Island 81.6 81.3 78.4 76.9 76.2 Increase 5.4
 Quebec 82.9 81.4 79.0 77.0 74.4 Increase 8.5
 Saskatchewan 80.3 79.6 78.5 77.9 75.9 Increase 4.4
 Yukon 79.0 77.3 75.0 74.4 69.8 Increase 9.2

Life expectancy by health region, 2015-2017 3-year averages[edit]

Health Region Province Life Expectancy[7] Male[7] Female[7]
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

See also[edit]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e 2014-2016 3-year average for Yukon

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistics Canada".
  2. ^ "Life Expectancy in Canada".
  3. ^ "Life expectancy and other elements of the complete life table, single-year estimates, Canada, all provinces except Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. ^ a b "Life expectancy and other elements of the complete life table, three-year estimates, Canada, all provinces except Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  5. ^ a b "Life expectancy and other elements of the abridged life table, three-year estimates, Prince Edward Island and the territories". Statistics Canada. 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Canadian male and Female Life Expectancy By Province".
  7. ^ a b c "Life Expectancy by health region".
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