This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. After a long period of major decline in the rate of teen pregnancies in Canada, the numbers have began to level off, a study by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada has found. The study, which was published Tuesday in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, shows the rate of pregnancy among women 15 to 19 across the country has been relatively stable in recent years, at That showed a levelling off, despite a spike of more than 15 per cent in teen pregnancies in four provinces — New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Manitoba — over that period. Even with increases in teen pregnancy in parts of Canada, the country still has a much lower rate than its closest neighbour, the United States. McKay also pointed to broad changes in Canada since the mids which have increased gender equality in society.

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In terms of teen pregnancy rates as indicators of teenager sexual and reproductive health, it is assumed that a majority of teenage pregnancies are unintended and that such trends therefore reflect the extent to which young women have the capacity to control their sexual and reproductive health. It is likely that declining trends in teen pregnancy rates may reflect increasing levels of effective contraceptive use, greater access to reproductive health services, exposure to higher quality sexual health education, and etc.. In , the pregnancy rate in Ontario for women aged was Based on 36 public health units in Ontario, the highest rate was