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Life expectancy, at birth and at age 65, by sex and by province and territory
Related tables: Life expectancy and deaths.
| 2006/2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both sexes | Males | Females | Both sexes | Males | Females | |
| At birth | At age 65 | |||||
| years | ||||||
| Canada | 80.9 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 21.5 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 78.5 | 76.2 | 80.9 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 19.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 80.2 | 77.5 | 82.9 | 19.4 | 17.6 | 21.0 |
| Nova Scotia | 79.9 | 77.4 | 82.3 | 19.1 | 17.4 | 20.7 |
| New Brunswick | 80.2 | 77.6 | 82.7 | 19.4 | 17.7 | 20.9 |
| Quebec | 81.0 | 78.6 | 83.3 | 20.0 | 18.2 | 21.5 |
| Ontario | 81.3 | 79.0 | 83.4 | 20.2 | 18.5 | 21.6 |
| Manitoba | 79.5 | 76.9 | 82.0 | 19.5 | 17.6 | 21.1 |
| Saskatchewan | 79.5 | 76.9 | 82.1 | 19.6 | 17.8 | 21.2 |
| Alberta | 80.6 | 78.3 | 83.0 | 20.1 | 18.4 | 21.6 |
| British Columbia | 81.4 | 79.2 | 83.6 | 20.5 | 19.0 | 21.8 |
| Territories1 | 75.2 | 72.5 | 78.5 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 18.4 |
| Notes: Life expectancies are calculated with a method that uses three years of data. 1. Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 102-0512. Last modified: 2011-09-27. | ||||||
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