# 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 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.

## Life expectancy in 2023 at birth

| province | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 →2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2019 →2023 |
| province | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2022 | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2021 →2023 | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2023 |
| 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.
3-year average:
| province or territory | 2017-2019 | 2017-2019 | 2017-2019 | 2017-2019 | change | 2021-2023 | 2021-2023 | 2021-2023 | 2021-2023 |
| province or territory | overall | male | female | F Δ M | change | 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. 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

| Health Region | Province | Life Expectancy | Male | Female |
| 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 | 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

| Rank | Province/Territory | Life expectancy (2020) | 3-year average (2018-2020) | 3-year average (2018-2020) | 3-year average (2018-2020) | 3-year average (2008-2010) | Change |
| Rank | Province/Territory | Life expectancy (2020) | All | Male | Female | 3-year average (2008-2010) | Change |
| 1. | Quebec | 82.34 | 82.57 | 80.77 | 84.31 | 81.24 | 1.27 |
| 2. | British Columbia | 82.19 | 82.39 | 79.93 | 84.93 | 81.82 | 0.57 |
| 3. | Ontario | 82.14 | 82.34 | 80.16 | 84.47 | 81.53 | 0.81 |
| - | Canada | 81.72 | 81.97 | 79.82 | 84.11 | 81.15 | 0.82 |
| 4. | Prince Edward Island | — | 81.80 | 79.80 | 83.72 | 80.44 | 1.36 |
| 5. | Alberta | 80.89 | 81.46 | 79.15 | 83.85 | 80.81 | 0.65 |
| 6. | New Brunswick | 81.17 | 80.84 | 78.70 | 82.91 | 80.34 | 0.50 |
| 7. | Nova Scotia | 80.58 | 80.46 | 78.37 | 82.55 | 80.17 | 0.29 |
| 8. | Saskatchewan | 79.46 | 80.06 | 77.69 | 82.56 | 79.51 | 0.55 |
| 9. | Newfoundland and Labrador | 79.66 | 79.89 | 77.93 | 81.87 | 79.28 | 0.61 |
| 10. | Manitoba | 79.41 | 79.88 | 77.73 | 82.12 | 79.64 | 0.24 |
| 11. | Yukon | — | 78.68 | 75.92 | 81.47 | 77.25 | 1.43 |
| 12. | Northwest Territories | — | 77.00 | 75.10 | 78.88 | 76.77 | 0.23 |
| 13. | Nunavut | — | 70.74 | 68.18 | 72.69 | 71.53 | 0.79 |

## Past life expectancy

| Province/Territory | 2019 | 2010 | 2000 | 1990 | 1980 | Change 1980-2019 |
| Canada | 82.1 | 81.2 | 79.0 | 77.6 | 75.5 | 6.6 |
| Alberta | 81.6 | 81.3 | 79.4 | 77.8 | 75.0 | 6.6 |
| British Columbia | 82.4 | 82.1 | 80.3 | 78.1 | 76.0 | 6.4 |
| Manitoba | 80.1 | 79.9 | 78.0 | 77.4 | 75.3 | 4.8 |
| New Brunswick | 80.7 | 80.7 | 78.9 | 77.3 | 74.5 | 6.2 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 80.0 | 79.6 | 77.3 | 76.1 | 74.8 | 5.2 |
| Northwest Territories | 77.4 | 77.8 | 75.5 | 72.4 | 68.7 | 8.7 |
| Nova Scotia | 80.4 | 80.3 | 78.5 | 76.7 | 74.6 | 5.8 |
| Nunavut | 71.1 | 70.4 | 67.5 | 65.5 | 62.4 | 8.7 |
| Ontario | 82.4 | 81.7 | 79.4 | 77.8 | 75.4 | 7.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 81.6 | 81.3 | 78.4 | 76.9 | 76.2 | 5.4 |
| Quebec | 82.9 | 81.4 | 79.0 | 77.0 | 74.4 | 8.5 |
| Saskatchewan | 80.3 | 79.6 | 78.5 | 77.9 | 75.9 | 4.4 |
| Yukon | 79.0 | 77.3 | 75.0 | 74.4 | 69.8 | 9.2 |

## Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

| region | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 →2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2019 →2022 |
| region | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2021 | overall | 2021 →2022 | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2022 |
| 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