Page 100 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

DEMOGRAPHIC MOVEMENT 73

BIRTHS.

In the rural counties of the Province of Quebee, the birth-rate is
higher than in the urban centres, with the exception of small industrial
towns where sometimes it exceeds 50 per 1,000 inhabitants. In 1926,
the county of Lake St. John had a proportion of 50.4 births per 1,000
persons, this being 18.3 greater than the general average for the province
for the saille period. In the county of Brome where the English element
predominates the proportion of 17.5 was the lowest. The foUowing
counties had a particularly noticeable birth-rate, the figures are for
the year 1926 and arê based per 1,000 of the population:

Lake St. John . 50.4 Labelle . 45.5
Chicoutimi . 49.4 Temiscamingue.... 44.1
Matapedia . 47.5 Frontenac .... 42.2
Saguenay . 46.2 Gaspe 41.8
Champlain. 45.7 St. Maurice .... 41. 5
A coefficient '(per 1,000) ia shown below for smaH towns in the
Province which lS not equalled in any country fol' the year 1926:
La Tuque .. 502 Shawinigan Fa1lg . 43.1
Cap de la Madeleine .. 49.8 Hull . 38.5
Chicoutimi . 44.3 Three Rivers . 36.8

According to the following table, it ib show'n that the bil'th-rate in
the Canadian provinces varies between II.8 and 38.8. The two extremes
b eing in the provinces of Prince Edward Island and Quebec. For the
year 1926, British Columbia had the lowest rate (17.4) while Quebec
r emained first with a proportion of 32.1.

45·-Prt>rorlion or Births per 1,0DO Inhabitants in the Canadian Provinces (1).

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1926... 32 1 21'-, 20,2 22 0 17 { 23 8 25.0 20 1 25 3
192., 33.0 ~:l.'Ü 21.2 22. ( 18.1 22.9 24.6 ID 'L 27.1
1921 .. 33.3 ~L4. 2~.1 21 9 183 22.9 26.{ 21 1 2(\.9
1923.... , 32 Z 23.2 :!.2.0 2.~.9 1~ 4 21. 3 ~6. 3 22.5 27.0
1922. 35 0 U 0 ~H.O :.!,s.2 1.~,!1 26.5 28.{ 110'.5 29.6
1021 37.5 2;; :3 219 3!J.3 20 3 ~Il.l 29.7' ;,,'1.:1 30.2
1920 37 1 ~;e; () :!.I :J ;J{J, t.i 20 ..> 29.0 31 1 2-.5 !.) 29.9
1919 '"\ :;~:~ :t., .) ...·1 l 2~ 3 J8.8 24.0 JIll
Hll,~. :!'d 1 ::4 1 :.!5.7 20.·1 2~ 8 _0 a I:J.8
1!H7 :Ui.;{ 2"2.K ~1 1 25. ï 13.3 26.0 ~S.4 H.8
1\)](1.. :l6.9 ..1-' 1 :~Ô. 1 ;1~i :q 13 1 26.8 20 7 17.0
1915 .... 38.& :? 1 ~ti.ù 33 ..J 16.2 27 J 29 1 18 .•';
1014 .. 38.1 2 ~ 2 2ô. 4 :tL .j Jï . C) 24.2 2J. S 16 1
1913. 31l.! ~l Il 21; 2 36.3 18 ;'; 24 J 20 9 17.3..
1912 .. •. 37.:') 2a.0 25 .; 30.3 18 8 23.6 20 2
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