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 2018 Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database [1]


Life Expectancy in Canada in 2017

Most of the Canadian Provinces have seen rises in Life Expectancy because of medical advances in treating diseases such as Heart Disease and Cancer Newfoundland and Labrador is a notable exception as the province saw a decline in life expectancy. Although, in Nunavut large increases in life expectancy were seen due to increased rural health care



Life expectancy in 2018
Rank Province/Territory Life Expectancy[1] Life Expectancy in 2010[2] Change 2010-2018 Male Life Expectancy[3] Female Life Expectancy[3]
1.  Quebec 82.6 81.4 1.2 80.9 84.3
2.  Ontario 82.4 81.7 0.7 80.3 84.4
3.  British Columbia 82.2 82.1 0.1 79.9 84.6
-  Canada 82.0 81.2 0.8 79.9 84.1
4.  Prince Edward Island 81.8 81.3 0.5 79.8 83.7
5.  Alberta 81.5 81.2 0.3 79.2 83.8
6.  New Brunswick 80.7 80.7 78.6 82.8
7.  Nova Scotia 80.5 80.3 0.2 78.3 82.7
8.  Saskatchewan 80.3 79.6 0.7 78.0 82.7
9.  Manitoba 80.0 79.9 0.1 77.9 82.1
10.  Newfoundland and Labrador 79.8 79.6 0.2 77.9 81.9
11.  Yukon 77.8 77.3 0.5 75.4 80.2
12.  Northwest Territories 77.0 77.8 0.8 75.2 78.7
13.  Nunavut 71.6 70.4 1.2 69.8 73.1


Past Life Expectancy
Province/Territory 2017[2] 2010[2] 2000[2] 1990[2] 1980[2] Change 1980-2017
 Canada 82.0 81.2 79.0 77.6 75.5 6.5
 Alberta 81.5 81.3 79.4 77.8 75.0 6.5
 British Columbia 82.2 82.1 80.3 78.1 76.0 6.2
 Manitoba 80.0 79.9 78.0 77.4 75.3 4.7
 New Brunswick 80.7 80.7 78.9 77.3 74.5 6.2
 Newfoundland and Labrador 79.8 79.6 77.3 76.1 74.8 5.0
 Northwest Territories 77.0 77.8 75.5 72.4 68.7 8.3
 Nova Scotia 80.5 80.3 78.5 76.7 74.6 5.9
 Nunavut 71.6 70.4 67.5 65.5 62.4 9.2
 Ontario 82.4 81.7 79.4 77.8 75.4 7.0
 Prince Edward Island 81.8 81.3 78.4 76.9 76.2 5.6
 Quebec 82.6 81.4 79.0 77.0 74.4 8.2
 Saskatchewan 80.3 79.6 78.5 77.9 75.9 4.4
 Yukon 77.8 77.3 75.0 74.4 69.8 8.0
Life Expectancy in Canada 1921-2018 [4]

Discrepancies in different sources
Province/Territory Subnational Human

Development

Index (2018)[5]

 Canadian Vital

Statistics Death

Database (2017)[1]

 Statistics Canada

(2015)[6]

 OECD (2014)[7] The Conference

Board of

Canada (2011)[8]

 Alberta 81.8 81.5 81.5 81.3 81.3
 British Columbia 82.8 82.2 82.5 82.3 82.2
 Manitoba 80.3 80.0 80.1 80.0 79.8
 New Brunswick 81.0 80.7 80.9 80.8 81.1
 Newfoundland and Labrador 79.7 79.8 79.3 79.5 79.9
 Northwest Territories 77.6 77.0 77.3 78.2 77.1
 Nova Scotia 80.8 80.5 80.4 80.3 80.2
 Nunavut 72.6 71.6 71.9 71.3 71.8
 Ontario 82.8 82.4 82.4 81.8 82.0
 Prince Edward Island 81.2 81.8 82.1 80.5 80.7
 Quebec 82.7 82.6 82.2 81.5 81.8
 Saskatchewan 80.5 80.3 80.1 79.7 79.7
 Yukon 78.0 77.8 77.4 77.4 77.4
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See also

References
  1. "Life Expectancy in Canada".
  2. "Canadian male and Female Life Expectancy By Province".
  3. "Disabled World".
  4. "Statistics Canada".
  5. "Subnational HDI".
  6. "Statistics Canada".
  7. "OECD".
  8. "Conference Board of Canada".
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