Does anyone still want kids? Families are shrinking as people have fewer children — or none at all | CBC News

Does anyone still want kids? Families are shrinking as people have fewer children — or none at all | CBC News

Demographers, sociologists and your mother-in-law want to know: why aren't people having as many kids? Canada recorded its lowest-ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada, at 1.26 children born per woman. It now joins

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