List of Canadian provinces and territories by life expectancy

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This is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by life expectancy. The country is administratively divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. 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.

According to estimation of Statistics Canada, in 2023 life expectancy in the country was 81.70 years (79.51 for male, 83.89 for female).[1] This is still half a year less than in the pre-COVID 2019.

According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Canada was 82.63 years (80.43 for male, 84.83 for female).[2]

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 81.65 years total (79.51 for male, 83.89 for female).[3]

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Canada was 82.2 years (80.4 years for male and 84.1 years for female).
And healthy life expectancy was 71.3 years (70.5 years for male and 72.0 years for female).[4]

Life expectancy in 2023 at birth

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province 2019 2019
→2022 		2022 2021
→2023 		2023 2019
→2023
overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M
Canada on average 82.23 80.11 84.32 4.21 −0.94 81.29 79.06 83.54 4.48 0.41 81.70 79.51 83.89 4.38 −0.53
Quebec 82.84 80.92 84.70 3.78 −0.52 82.32 80.54 84.06 3.52 0.23 82.55 80.77 84.30 3.53 −0.29
British Columbia 82.74 80.56 84.96 4.40 −1.30 81.44 78.75 84.25 5.50 0.51 81.95 79.31 84.71 5.40 −0.79
Ontario 82.55 80.39 84.67 4.28 −0.75 81.80 79.55 84.05 4.50 0.53 82.33 80.13 84.52 4.39 −0.22
Alberta 81.96 79.86 84.11 4.25 −1.77 80.19 77.91 82.59 4.68 0.47 80.66 78.34 83.10 4.76 −1.30
New Brunswick 80.74 78.47 83.03 4.56 −1.01 79.73 77.73 81.77 4.04 0.71 80.44 78.42 82.50 4.08 −0.30
Saskatchewan 80.50 78.23 82.95 4.72 −1.90 78.60 76.23 81.16 4.93 0.39 78.99 76.70 81.40 4.70 −1.51
Nova Scotia 80.45 78.52 82.29 3.77 −0.63 79.82 77.62 82.03 4.41 0.66 80.48 78.33 82.67 4.34 0.03
Manitoba 80.19 78.03 82.54 4.51 −0.95 79.24 76.74 81.92 5.18 −0.14 79.10 76.90 81.46 4.56 −1.09
Newfoundland and Labrador 80.07 78.06 82.14 4.08 −1.16 78.91 76.98 80.80 3.82 0.20 79.11 77.08 81.13 4.05 −0.96

Data source: Statistics Canada.[5]

3-year average:

Life expectancy in Canada in 2020-2022[1][6]
Life expectancy in Canada in 2017-2019[1][6]
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.[1][6]
Life expectancy in Canada in 2015-2017, 3-year average, by health regions.[7][a]
Development of life expectancy in Canada according to estimation of the World Bank Group[3]
Life expectancy with calculated gender gap[3]
Life expectancy in Canada according to estimation of the Our World in Data[8]
Life expectancy in Canada and the US[9]
Development of life expectancy in Canada in comparison to other big countries of North America[3]
Life Expectancy in Canada 1921-2018 [10]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Canada on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[4]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females[4]
province
or territory 		2017-2019 change 2021-2023
overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M
Canada on average 82.00 79.86 84.09 4.23 −0.49 81.51 79.25 83.79 4.54
Quebec 82.56 80.68 84.34 3.66 0.04 82.60 80.75 84.38 3.63
Ontario 82.38 80.25 84.45 4.20 −0.36 82.02 79.74 84.28 4.54
British Columbia 82.32 79.96 84.75 4.79 −0.76 81.56 78.88 84.37 5.49
Alberta 81.59 79.34 83.91 4.57 −1.25 80.34 77.92 82.91 4.99
Prince Edward Island 81.57 79.43 83.65 4.22 −0.19 81.38 79.12 83.54 4.42
New Brunswick 80.70 78.54 82.81 4.27 −0.38 80.32 78.26 82.43 4.17
Nova Scotia 80.41 78.36 82.43 4.07 −0.16 80.25 78.04 82.53 4.49
Saskatchewan 80.29 77.99 82.71 4.72 −1.62 78.67 76.31 81.18 4.87
Manitoba 80.03 77.87 82.23 4.36 −0.69 79.34 76.94 81.88 4.94
Newfoundland and Labrador 79.97 77.97 81.98 4.01 −0.79 79.18 77.11 81.24 4.13
Northwest Territories 77.68 75.72 79.70 3.98 −0.93 76.75 73.83 79.84 6.01
Nunavut 70.64 68.65 72.71 4.06 0.14 70.78 68.49 73.37 4.88

Data source: Statistics Canada.[1][6] There are no data for Yukon for given periods. In 2014-2016 overall life expectancy in this territory was 78.67 years (75.90 for male and 81.47 for female).

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

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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

Life expectancy in 2020 at birth

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Rank Province/Territory Life expectancy

(2020)[5]

3-year average (2018-2020)[1][6][a] 3-year average (2008-2010)[1][6] 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

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Province/Territory 2019[11] 2010[11] 2000[11] 1990[11] 1980[11] 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

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

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Main article: List of North American regions by life expectancy
region 2019 2019
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2019
→2022
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[12]

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Life expectancy charts for Canada.

Notes

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

References

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  3. ^ a b c d "Life expectancy at birth, total - Canada". World Bank Group.
  4. ^ a b c "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Life expectancy and other elements of the complete life table, single-year estimates, Canada, all provinces except Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  6. ^ 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. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Life expectancy at birth: Canada". Our World in Data.
  9. ^ "Life expectancy at birth: Canada, United States". Our World in Data.
  10. ^ "Statistics Canada". 25 November 2013.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Canadian male and Female Life Expectancy By Province".
  12. ^ "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.