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  • 1. The Grey Anatomy of Canada: The story behind Canada’s aging population
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032026003
    Description: Canada’s population is getting a makeover. Big boomer and millennial waves, fewer kids, and longer lives are reshaping housing, schools and care. With Patrick Charbonneau, Section Chief in the Centre for Demography at Statistics Canada, we explore the sandwich generation squeeze and the upside of aging.
    Release date: 2026-05-27
  • 2. Why do people move in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026006
    Description: This infographic provides a recent overview of the commonly reported reasons for which households move from one place to another within Canada, based on the information collected from the 2022 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS). The study provides results by various breakdowns including the type of movement, such as interprovincial and intraprovincial moves.
    Release date: 2026-02-16
  • 3. Why do people move within Canada? A study on the reasons for internal migration and mobility using the Canadian Housing Survey
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2026001
    Description: This article provides a recent overview of the commonly reported reasons for which households move from one place to another within Canada, based on the information collected from the 2022 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS). The study provides results by various breakdowns including the type of movement, such as interprovincial and intraprovincial moves.
    Release date: 2026-02-16
  • 4. Canada’s fastest growing and decreasing municipalities from 2016 to 2021
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021001
    Description:

    This Census in Brief examines municipalities (census subdivisions) in Canada that were the largest in 2021, and fastest growing and decreasing in population from 2016 to 2021. It also presents some trends on urban spread in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-02-09
  • 5. Population growth in Canada’s rural areas, 2016 to 2021
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021002
    Description:

    This Census in Brief examines population growth of Canada's rural areas and their changing proportion within the country. It also presents international comparisons, a portrait of population growth according to the remoteness index and population changes in the three territories.

    Release date: 2022-02-09
  • 6. Defining Canada’s Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries Archived
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2021001
    Description:

    Currently, Statistics Canada does not provide a geographic unit representative of downtown neighbourhoods within its standard geographic classification. The objective of this article is to identify areas which accurately represent the downtowns located in the census metropolitan areas (CMA) of Canada, using Censuses of Population and local knowledge. These boundaries will allow a more effective dissemination of essential statistics by Statistics Canada, especially in the context of future census data releases.

    Release date: 2021-05-11
  • 7. Canada's Population, July 1, 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020062
    Description:

    The infographic in question, entitled Canada's Population, July 1, 2020, provides a concise accurate snapshot of the most recent demographic trends in Canada, related to demographic growth and aging, at the national, provincial and territorial levels.

    Release date: 2020-09-29
  • 8. Population of Canada's metropolitan areas and municipalities, July 1, 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020011
    Description:

    The infographic entitled Population of Canada's Metropolitan Areas and Municipalities, July 1, 2019 provides a summary of the most recent demographic trends in terms of population, growth and aging at the census metropolitan area (CMA) and the census subdivision (CSD) levels.

    Release date: 2020-02-13
  • 9. Canada’s Population, July 1 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019061
    Description:

    This infographic provides a concise accurate snapshot of the most recent demographic trends in Canada, related to demographic growth and aging, at the national, provincial and territorial levels.

    Release date: 2019-09-30
  • 10. Population growth: Subprovincial, 2010 Archived
    Articles and reports: 91-209-X201100111510
    Description: This article examines population growth at the subprovincial level. There was much variation in population growth at the subprovincial level between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 with some areas growing more rapidly than others. Higher growth in some census divisions can be attributed to one or more factors such as urban sprawl around large metropolitan areas, net intraprovincial migration as well as natural increase. The article examines the high population growth in Saskatchewan's census metropolitan areas, as well as the settlement pattern of international migrants.
    Release date: 2011-07-20
Stats in brief (7)

Stats in brief (7) ((7 results))

  • 1. The Grey Anatomy of Canada: The story behind Canada’s aging population
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032026003
    Description: Canada’s population is getting a makeover. Big boomer and millennial waves, fewer kids, and longer lives are reshaping housing, schools and care. With Patrick Charbonneau, Section Chief in the Centre for Demography at Statistics Canada, we explore the sandwich generation squeeze and the upside of aging.
    Release date: 2026-05-27
  • 2. Why do people move in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026006
    Description: This infographic provides a recent overview of the commonly reported reasons for which households move from one place to another within Canada, based on the information collected from the 2022 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS). The study provides results by various breakdowns including the type of movement, such as interprovincial and intraprovincial moves.
    Release date: 2026-02-16
  • 3. Canada’s fastest growing and decreasing municipalities from 2016 to 2021
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021001
    Description:

    This Census in Brief examines municipalities (census subdivisions) in Canada that were the largest in 2021, and fastest growing and decreasing in population from 2016 to 2021. It also presents some trends on urban spread in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-02-09
  • 4. Population growth in Canada’s rural areas, 2016 to 2021
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021002
    Description:

    This Census in Brief examines population growth of Canada's rural areas and their changing proportion within the country. It also presents international comparisons, a portrait of population growth according to the remoteness index and population changes in the three territories.

    Release date: 2022-02-09
  • 5. Canada's Population, July 1, 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020062
    Description:

    The infographic in question, entitled Canada's Population, July 1, 2020, provides a concise accurate snapshot of the most recent demographic trends in Canada, related to demographic growth and aging, at the national, provincial and territorial levels.

    Release date: 2020-09-29
  • 6. Population of Canada's metropolitan areas and municipalities, July 1, 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020011
    Description:

    The infographic entitled Population of Canada's Metropolitan Areas and Municipalities, July 1, 2019 provides a summary of the most recent demographic trends in terms of population, growth and aging at the census metropolitan area (CMA) and the census subdivision (CSD) levels.

    Release date: 2020-02-13
  • 7. Canada’s Population, July 1 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019061
    Description:

    This infographic provides a concise accurate snapshot of the most recent demographic trends in Canada, related to demographic growth and aging, at the national, provincial and territorial levels.

    Release date: 2019-09-30
Articles and reports (4)

Articles and reports (4) ((4 results))

  • 1. Why do people move within Canada? A study on the reasons for internal migration and mobility using the Canadian Housing Survey
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2026001
    Description: This article provides a recent overview of the commonly reported reasons for which households move from one place to another within Canada, based on the information collected from the 2022 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS). The study provides results by various breakdowns including the type of movement, such as interprovincial and intraprovincial moves.
    Release date: 2026-02-16
  • 2. Defining Canada’s Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries Archived
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2021001
    Description:

    Currently, Statistics Canada does not provide a geographic unit representative of downtown neighbourhoods within its standard geographic classification. The objective of this article is to identify areas which accurately represent the downtowns located in the census metropolitan areas (CMA) of Canada, using Censuses of Population and local knowledge. These boundaries will allow a more effective dissemination of essential statistics by Statistics Canada, especially in the context of future census data releases.

    Release date: 2021-05-11
  • 3. Population growth: Subprovincial, 2010 Archived
    Articles and reports: 91-209-X201100111510
    Description: This article examines population growth at the subprovincial level. There was much variation in population growth at the subprovincial level between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 with some areas growing more rapidly than others. Higher growth in some census divisions can be attributed to one or more factors such as urban sprawl around large metropolitan areas, net intraprovincial migration as well as natural increase. The article examines the high population growth in Saskatchewan's census metropolitan areas, as well as the settlement pattern of international migrants.
    Release date: 2011-07-20
  • 4. Age and sex structure: Sub-provincial, 2010 Archived
    Articles and reports: 91-209-X201100111512
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This article on the age and sex structure of the different regions of Canada, (subprovincial level) examines the indicators of median age- the age at which half the population is older and half is younger- as well as the distribution of the population at particular age groups, especially seniors aged 65 years and over and children aged 14 years and under. It also includes a section on aging in census metropolitan areas, which occurs more slowly than the rest of Canada.
    Release date: 2011-07-20

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