Life Tables Archives

This section collects official life tables that have been published through the years. Tables for each province/territory were also extracted separately to provide easier access to data. The documents are in PDF format (Adobe Reader^®)

Original Life Tables Publications

Presented below is a list of governmental publications containing life tables for Canada, Canadian provinces and territories. Although most documents were entirely scanned, unnecessary pages were skipped in some cases:

Title	Years Covered	Year Publsd.	PDF File
Longevity & Historical Life Tables (abridged)	1921-1981	1986	View
New Birth Cohort Life Tables for Canada and Quebec (includes period & cohort tables)	1801-1991	1997	View
Canadian Abridged Life Tables	1871, 1881, 1921, 1931	1939	View
Life Tables for Canada & Regions	1931, 1941	1947	View
Canadian Life Tables	1950-52, 1955-57	1961	View
Provincial and Regional Life Tables	1950-52, 1955-57	1960	View
Provincial and Regional Life Tables	1960-62	1964	View
Canadian Abridged Life Tables	1961-63	1966	View
Provincial Abridged Life Tables	1961-63	1966	View
Life Tables, Canada and Provinces	1965-67	1971	View
Life Tables, Canada and Provinces	1970-72	1974	View
Life Tables, Canada and Provinces	1975-77	1979	View
Life Tables, Canada and Provinces	1980-82	1984	View
Life Tables, Canada and Provinces	1985-87	1989	View
Life Tables, Canada and Provinces	1990-92	1995	View
Life Tables, Canada, Provinces and territories	1995-97	2002	View
Life Tables, Canada, Provinces and territories	2000-02	2006	View

Province/Territory-Specific Life Tables

A complete series of published life tables is available by province and territory:

CANADA
Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
New Brunswick	Newfoundland & Labrador	Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon