Age of first-time mothers increasing in Alberta: report [Video]

First-time mothers in Alberta are steadily increasing in age, suggests new data from the University of Calgary.

Researchers with the School of Public Policy analyzed historical data from all Canadian provinces over 54 years and found first-time moms are getting older, especially here in Alberta.

In its report, in 1965 a woman’s average age was 23.5 years, as compared to 29.4 years in 2019, officials said.

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Since 2012, across every province, the age of mothers giving birth for the first time has increased, the greatest jump being recorded in Alberta, by 1.1 years and the least in Quebec, by 0.4 years.

“The fact they continue unchanged through economic booms and busts and across all provinces suggests that these trends have more to do with changing societal norms than with financial considerations, such as the cost of living and the cost …