Section one: Population growth and age structure
Population growth
- Approximately 52.6 million Canadians in 2061
- Canada’s population is growing rapidly compared to other G8 countries
- Migratory increase is the main source of Canada’s population growth
- Canada’s rural population declining since 1851
Age structure
- Aging of the Canadian population continues
- Moving towards a larger proportion of seniors than of children
- Canada’s population among the youngest in the G8
- The population will age more rapidly in Canada than in most G8 countries
- The number of centenarians in Canada is growing
- Fewer working-age persons for each senior
- Decline in the number of young people about to enter the labour force for each person about to exit