SOCIAL - MARCH 2024 - THE AVERAGE AGE OF MOTHERS AT FIRST BIRTH

SOCIAL MARCH 2024 THE AVERAGE AGE OF MOTHERS AT FIRST BIRTH Average Age of Mother at First Birth and at 32 Childbearing, 1945-2019 The average age of first-time mothers has steadily increased from 23.5 years of age in 1965 to 29.4 years of age in 2019. [...] 28 The figure shows the evolution of two time series, the average age of mothers at the 26 birth of their first child and the average age of mothers at all child births. [...] Data on the average age at first birth has been consistently lowest in Saskatchewan and consistently highest in British birth in 2017 and 2018 are linear interpolations between observed values in 2016 and 2019. [...] Since 2012, the average age of mothers at first birth has increased in in 2017 and 2018 are linear interpolations between observed values in 2016 and 2019. [...] But at what age? International data show that amongst OECD countries, the average age of Canadian mothers at Across provinces, the average age of first-time mothers is lowest in first birth in 2016 was near the OECD average (29.2 years), but noticeably Saskatchewan and highest in British Columbia.