Table 1 Exclusive and any breastfeeding rates for at least six months, by maternal characteristics, 2017–2018 Canadian Community Health Survey

Unweighted N

Weighted rate

Unweighted N

Weighted rate

Canada

1617

35.6% (33.3%-37.8%)

2885

62.2% (60.0%-64.4%)

Age

 15–19^b

 20–24

69

24.6% (17.2%-32.0%)^c

117

36.6% (28.9%-44.3%)

 25–29

276

28.3% (23.8%-32.8%)

524

56.6% (51.9%-61.4%)

 30–34

569

34.8% (31.2%-38.3%)

1039

64.3% (60.8%-67.7%)

 35–39

487

40.5% (35.8%-45.2%)

825

65.8% (61.3%-70.3%)

 40–44

189

41.6% (34.4%-48.7%)

327

69.7% (63.3%-76.1%)

 45–55

22

36.1% (13.4%-58.7%)^c

41

47.6% (24.0%-71.1%)^c

Region

 Newfoundland

28

21.8% (13.3%-30.3%)^c

45

46.6% (33.4%-59.8%)

 Prince Edward Island

18

27.0% (15.0%-39.1%)^c

35

54.9% (40.6%-69.2%)

 Nova Scotia

48

27.7% (19.2%-36.3%)^c

85

50.5% (40.9%-60.1%)

 New Brunswick

33

39.5% (27.1%-51.8%)^c

58

57.1% (45.7%-68.6%)

 Quebec

246

26.1% (22.0%-30.2%)

542

54.3% (50.0%-58.5%)

 Ontario

470

37.4% (32.9%-41.8%)

815

64.6% (60.3%-69.0%)

 Manitoba

109

42.9% (34.7%-51.1%)

184

65.6% (57.7%-73.5%)

 Saskatchewan

96

40.7% (31.4%-50.1%)

147

60.5% (51.8%-69.3%)

 Alberta

264

33.5% (28.6%-38.4%)

479

62.4% (57.1%-67.6%)

 British Columbia

247

51.3% (44.6%-58.0%)

396

76.0% (71.1%-80.8%)

 Yukon

23

65.2% (48.2%-82.3%)

38

90.1% (78.0%-100%)

 Northwest Territories

19

33.1% (19.1%-47.1%)^c

33

53.5% (38.3%-68.7%)

 Nunavut

^b

28

33.9% (17.6%-50.2%)^c

Education – Respondent

 Less than high school

82

25.6% (18.0%-33.2%)^c

159

46.8% (38.5%-55.0%)

 High school graduate

259

30.1% (25.2%-34.9%)

452

50.9% (45.5%-56.3%)

 Trade School/College

549

31.4% (28.2%-34.6%)

1020

57.1% (53.6%-60.7%)

 Bachelors or higher

714

42.9% (39.0%-46.8%)

1229

74.1% (70.6%-77.5%)

 Missing

^b

13

61.5% (36.4%-86.5%)^c

Population Group

 White

1111

34.6% (32.2%-37.0%)

2013

60.3% (57.9%-62.8%)

 Black

67

40.4% (28.9%-51.8%)

110

69.7% (58.7%-80.6%)

 East/Southeast Asian

124

43.0% (35.1%-50.9%)

203

66.0% (58.2%-73.9%)

 South Asian

72

35.4% (23.0%-47.8%)^c

110

61.4% (47.2%-75.6%)

 Middle Eastern

29

24.9% (13.6%-36.1%)^c

64

68.1% (53.2%-82.9%)

 Latino

27

42.0% (24.0%-60.0%)^c

55

72.2% (53.8%-90.6%)

 Indigenous

122

26.7% (19.4%-34.0%)

215

51.2% (43.3%-59.1%)

 Missing

65

45.6% (32.9%-58.3%)

115

78.7% (69.1%-88.3%)

Immigrant Status

 Non-immigrant

1188

32.9% (30.5%-35.3%)

2160

59.0% (56.6%-61.4%)

 5 years or less

137

42.5% (32.6%-52.4%)

214

65.4% (55.8%-74.9%)

 6 to 10 years

123

45.3% (36.6%-54.1%)

196

75.9% (68.2%-83.6%)

 Greater than 10 years

112

35.0% (26.5%-43.5%)

217

63.1% (54.1%-72.1%)

 Missing

57

45.5% (31.9%-59.1%)^c

98

78.0% (68.6%-87.3%)

 Residence

 Rural area

385

30.8% (27.1%-34.5%)

694

53.7% (49.6%-57.8%)

 Population Centre

1232

36.6% (33.9%-39.2%)

2191

63.9% (61.4%-66.4%)

 Marital Status

 Married

1153

42.3% (39.4%-45.3%)

1943

70.4% (67.6%-73.2%)

 Living Common Law

246

24.8% (20.8%-28.8%)

527

50.2% (45.8%-54.5%)

 Widowed, Divorced, Separated

86

27.5% (20.4%-34.6%)

160

56.4% (47.8%-65.1%)

 Single, Never married

132

17.5% (12.6%-22.5%)

255

36.6% (30.3%-42.9%)

Perceived Mental Health

 Poor

15

17.0% (6.5%-27.4%)^c

31

36.8% (21.5%-52.1%)^c

 Fair

93

28.7% (21.3%-36.1%)

159

49.7% (41.3%-58.2%)

 Good

389

36.4% (31.8%-41.1%)

714

62.1% (57.7%-66.5%)

 Very Good

616

35.2% (31.5%-38.9%)

1131

64.4% (60.9%-67.9%)

 Excellent

503

37.2% (33.1%-41.3%)

849

62.8% (58.6%-67.0%)

Missing^b

Pre-Pregnancy BMI (kg/m²⁾

 Underweight

(< 18.5 kg/m²)

73

34.7% (25.4%-44.0%)

128

56.6% (46.5%-66.7%)

 Normal

(18.5–24.9 kg/m²)

882

39.4% (36.1%-42.7%)

1555

67.8% (64.8%-70.8%)

 Overweight

(25.0–29.9 kg/m²)

301

29.8% (25.4%-34.2%)

554

58.0% (53.1%-62.9%)

 Obese

(> 30 kg/m²)

162

25.6% (20.2%-31.0%)

306

47.5% (40.8%-54.3%)

 Missing

199

40.5% (33.9%-47.2%)

342

64.4% (57.6%-71.2%)

Co-sleep

 Daily

699

45.6% (41.4%-49.9%)

1159

73.4% (69.6%-77.1%)

 Occasional

419

33.1% (28.7%-37.4%)

786

62.6% (58.3%-66.9%)

 Never

483

27.4% (24.4%-30.5%)

918

50.6% (47.3%-53.9%)

 Missing

16

51.8% (22.1%-81.4%)^c

22

88.5% (75.5%-100%)

Smoking During Last three months of Pregnancy

 Any Smoking

70

15.3% (9.7%-20.8%)^c

147

29.2% (22.7%-35.7%)

 Never

1547

37.3% (34.9%-39.6%)^c

2734

64.8% (62.5%-67.2%)

 Missing^b