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.
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 81.68 years (79.48 for male, 83.88 for female). 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).
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 81.65 years total (79.51 for male, 83.89 for female).
According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Canada was 82.02 years (80.12 years for male and 83.90 years for female).<br> And healthy life expectancy was 70.30 years (69.66 years for male and 70.91 years for female).
By default, the table is sorted by 2024.
Data source: Statistics Canada.
3-year average. By default, the table is sorted by 2022âÂÂ2024 period.
Data source: Statistics Canada. There are no data for Yukon for given periods. In 2014âÂÂ2016 overall life expectancy in this territory was 78.67 years (75.90 for male and 81.47 for female).
Health regions are administrative areas defined by provincial and territorial governments to administer and deliver public health care to Canadian residents.
Data source: Global Data Lab
The percentage surviving, is the percent of the population that would survive to certain age, if their life conditions in a given year, were extrapolated to their whole life.
Data source: Statistics Canada.