Canada's crude birth rate (the number of live births for
every 1,000 people in the population) edged downward to
another record low in 2004 — despite a second straight
increase in the number of live births.
Rate for 2002 and earlier 10.7 per 1000
population
Rate for 2003
10.6 per 1000 population
Rate for 2004
10.5 per 1000 population
More and more women are either delaying motherhood to a
later age, or choosing not to give birth at all.
To satisfy the mother instinct, families are looking to
foreign countries for baby adoption.
Comparative Age of Mothers
| Age | 2004 | 1979 |
| under 24 | 20.6% | 40.7% |
| 25-34 | 62.1% | 54.7% |
| 35 and up | 17.3% | 4.6% |
Not
all women who adopt children are infertile. Some
women who have worked hard for their education and
career are opting adoption as a way to build their
families instead of taking the time off for pregnancy.
Some are adopting children as a humanitarian cause,
giving love and homes to unwanted children in poor
countries.
Whatever the reason, the Canadian government has
provisions to welcome the little immigrants into our
country either by way of the citizenship process or
immigration process.