Section four: Regional portrait
Provinces and territories
- Population growth in the provinces and territories
- Population growth is higher in the Western provinces than in the Eastern provinces
- The population is aging more quickly in the Eastern provinces
- Mobility rate still highest for young adults but has decreased
- Fertility is higher in the territories and the Prairies provinces
- For both males and females, British Columbia shows the highest life expectancy in Canada
- Share of immigrants settling in Ontario is decreasing
- In Ontario and British Columbia, more than one in four persons was foreign born
- Aboriginal people made up a larger share of the population in the Prairie provinces and the territories
- Common-law unions more popular in Quebec and the territories
- Overall labour force participation rate projected to decline in all provinces
- The rural share of the population is higher in the territories and Atlantic provinces
Subprovincial
- Saskatoon is currently the most rapidly growing census metropolitan area
- In census metropolitan areas, larger population growth and smaller proportion of seniors
- One-fifth or more of the population were seniors in three census metropolitan areas
- In 2031, half of population in Toronto could be foreign born
- In 2031, approximately three in five persons in Toronto and Vancouver could belong to a visible minority group
- In 2031, the proportion of the population with an Aboriginal identity could exceed 10% in five census metropolitan areas