The Canadian government has an excellent grasp on the country’s demographics. Today, Statistics Canada released the latest estimates on age and sex (HT: Mel Cruikshank). If you are concerned about North American missions, then you need to be a regular visitor to the Statistics Canada website.
Here are some of the highlights from the report today:
- population: 35,851,774
- median age: 40.5 years
- portion of population 0-14 years: 16%
- portion of population 65 years and older: 16.1%
- first time population 65 years and older has exceeded population 0-14 years
- immigrant growth in past year: 239,800
- 60.8% of population growth came from immigration
- population growth rate highest among G7 countries
- highest population growth rates in Nunavut and Western Canada
- population declined in Newfoundland/Labrador and New Brunswick
- population is concentrated in four provinces
- population is older in the Atlantic provinces
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