Half of Canadian women are having fewer children than they would like to have in their reproductive years, according to a new survey.
“She’s (Not) Having a Baby,” a report published on Jan. 31 by Cardus, a nonprofit think tank, notes that Canada’s fertility rate has persistently dropped for the last 15 years “with no clear bottom in sight.”
A survey was carried out of almost 3,000 Canadian women aged 18 to 44 from three groups—women born in Canada who spoke English, French-speaking women born in Canada, and foreign-born women living in Canada.
The women were asked two questions: “How many children would you say is ideal for a family to have?” and “If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?”…