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Natural increase and rates per 1,000 population, by provinces, 1941 to 1945, with five-year averages, 1926 to 1945

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Natural increase and rates per 1,000 population, by provinces, 1941 to 1945, with five-year averages, 1926 to 1945
  Canada1 Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C.
  excess of births over deaths
Average 1926 to 1930 127,596 32,054 8,885 15,042 10,393 4,369
Average 1931 to 1935 124,750 29,218 8,277 14,288 11,110 3,661
Average 1936 to 1940 119,253 26,668 7,379 12,310 10,228 4,408
Average 1941 to 1945 161,659 37,791 9,181 11,988 12,562 8,355
1941 140,585 32,807 8,274 11,909 11,032 6,543
1942 159,336 38,757 9,234 11,996 12,327 7,926
1943 164,892 39,607 9,387 11,855 12,916 8,883
1944 168,168 38,309 9,307 11,684 13,052 9,302
1945 175,316 39,475 9,703 12,497 13,485 9,121
  rates per 1,000 population
Average 1926 to 1930 13.0 9.8 13.4 17.5 15.8 6.8
Average 1931 to 1935 11.7 8.3 11.7 15.4 14.8 5.1
Average 1936 to 1940 10.7 7.2 10.3 13.4 13.1 5.7
Average 1941 to 1945 13.7 9.6 12.6 14.0 15.7 9.4
1941 12.2 8.7 11.4 13.3 13.9 8.0
1942 13.7 9.9 12.7 14.2 15.9 9.1
1943 14.0 10.1 12.9 14.0 16.3 9.8
1944 14.1 9.7 12.7 13.8 16.0 10.0
1945 14.5 9.8 13.2 14.8 16.3 9.6
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.