These are only the hospital done abortions the private clinics don't report their data and many many of those listed as "unknown" are in fact late term abortions.
Abortions by Gestational Age
Note: For the facts/statistics from the 2007 page scroll down.
Of the 64,641 reported abortions performed on Canadian women in 2010, detailed reports on gestational age exist for only 27,576. The age of the fetus at the time of abortion is not known for the remaining 37, 065 abortions. All of the abortions with detailed records on gestational age were performed in hospitals; clinic data on gestational age is not available.
Of these 27,576 abortions with gestational age reported, 537 took place when the unborn baby was more than 21 weeks gestation, able to feel pain and survive outside of the womb. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), who collects and disseminates abortion data in Canada, does not report how many of these abortions took place when the baby was nearly full term.
Table detailing the number of hospital reported abortions in Canada by gestational age in 2010 (Click here for a pdf of this table):
Gestational Age
| Number of Abortions in Canada as Reported by Hospitals in 2010
| 8 weeks and below
| 8,300
| 9-12 weeks
| 11,191
| 13-16 weeks
| 1,794
| 17-20 weeks
| 846
| 21 weeks and above
| 537
| Unknown
| 4,908
| Total
| 27,576
| Note: Figures exclude Quebec. The total is limited to abortions reported with a coinciding gestational age. Source: CIHI, “Induced Abortions Performed in Canada in 2010”, Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2010, http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/pdf/internet/TA_10_ALLDATATABLES20120417_EN
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Source:
CIHI, “Induced Abortions Performed in Canada in 2010”, Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2010, http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/pdf/internet/TA_10_ALLDATATABLES20120417_EN |
