Canada's population estimates and dependency ratio: Health regions and peer groups, July 1, 2020
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Released: 2021-08-19
Updated population estimates and dependency ratios by health region and peer groups are now available for 2020. Health regions represent administrative areas for health service delivery within a province or territory. Health regions have been grouped into "peer groups" to allow for comparisons of health regions with similar demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
The first table is "Estimates of population (2016 Census and administrative data), by age group and sex for July 1st, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (2018 boundaries) and peer groups." This table provides the estimated number of persons living in Canada on July 1.
The second table is "Dependency ratio (2016 Census and administrative data), by age group for July 1st, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (2018 boundaries) and peer groups." This table provides the dependency ratios, which are expressed as the number of children and youth (aged 0–19) and seniors (aged 65+) per 100 working-age people. Changes in dependency ratios highlight changes in the age composition of the population.
The data sources for both tables are the Census of Population and the Annual Demographic Estimates: Canada, Provinces and Territories.
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