More than a third of young Canadians do not plan to have children
Many Gen Z and millennial Canadians are supporters of the Childfree ideology.
According to a new survey by Statistics Canada, more than a third of Canadians aged 15 to 49 have no intention of having children.
Over the past decade, the average number of children per Canadian woman has steadily decreased.
The main stressors that make people give up having children, respondents said study, credit and a desire to live a life where work would not take up most of their time.
"First I want to make sure I'm okay and have paid off all my debts before I even think about having kids. But I have no idea how long that will take," the Canadian students said.
Another stressor for the new generation of Canadians is today's inflation, which makes many young people feel that they will never be able to afford to start a family at all.
"We might not even get a chance to have a baby because of how expensive everything is now," they say.
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