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Life expectancy in Canada

Canada: Life expectancy was 82.63 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
82.63 years
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
26th
of 236 countries
All-time high
82.63 years
in 2023
All-time low
39.05 years
in 1831
Years of data
112
1831–2023

Life expectancy in Canada, 1831–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Canada stood at 82.63 years. That is the highest value across all 112 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Canada peaked at 82.63 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.05 years, in 1831.

Canada ranks 26th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 112 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1830s 39.05 years 39.05 years 39.05 years 1
1840s 40.32 years 40.32 years 40.32 years 1
1850s 41.06 years 41.06 years 41.06 years 1
1860s 41.59 years 41.59 years 41.59 years 1
1870s 42.56 years 42.56 years 42.56 years 1
1880s 44.73 years 44.73 years 44.73 years 1
1890s 45.17 years 45.17 years 45.17 years 1
1900s 48.63 years 48.63 years 48.63 years 1
1910s 52.51 years 52.51 years 52.51 years 1
1920s 58.02 years 56.96 years 59.26 years 9
1930s 61.87 years 58.96 years 63.7 years 10
1940s 65.64 years 63.74 years 67.59 years 10
1950s 69.55 years 68.21 years 70.61 years 10
1960s 71.67 years 70.97 years 72.4 years 10
1970s 73.54 years 72.61 years 74.84 years 10
1980s 76.23 years 75.06 years 77.12 years 10
1990s 78.08 years 77.43 years 78.89 years 10
2000s 80.1 years 79.23 years 81.06 years 10
2010s 81.82 years 81.34 years 82.28 years 10
2020s 81.88 years 81.25 years 82.63 years 4

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 23 Vatican 82.98 years compare
  2. 24 United Arab Emirates 82.91 years compare
  3. 25 Iceland 82.69 years compare
  4. 29 Israel 82.41 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Canada?
Life expectancy in Canada was 82.63 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 82.63 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 39.05 years in 1831.
How does Canada rank for life expectancy?
Canada ranks 26th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Canada data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.