Surprise, Canada's Getting Older: Census 2006

[RedHot25]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/...us-canada.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/cp-census-pop07/

And for all you single ladies out there, pack your bags to Alberta .

Retirement-minded Canadians are now the fastest-growing demographic in the country, a trend that could have important implications for the labour market, new census data suggests.

Nearly one out of every three of the country's 32 million people is a baby boomer, people born between 1946 and 1965, said Statistics Canada.

The boomers are bolstering the number of retirement-minded Canadians, making it the country's fastest growing demographic. People aged 55 to 64 account for 3.7 million people.

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There are also more senior citizens than ever — more than 4.3 million. That's the first time in the country's history there are more than four million people aged 65 or older.

To put the numbers in perspective, one out of every seven Canadians was a senior when the census was taken in 2006. Fifty years ago, that proportion was about one in 14.

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The proportion of children aged 14 and under has decreased to the lowest it has been at 17.7 per cent of the population.

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The national male-female ratio is 95.9 men for every 100 women. Alberta is the only province with more men than women.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Calgary is also the youngest city in the country. The average age in Canada is around 40, while the average age in Calgary is approximatley 5 years younger at 35.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Calgary is also the youngest city in the country. The average age in Canada is around 40, while the average age in Calgary is approximatley 5 years younger at 35.

Thats because all the retiree's sold their houses in Calgary and moved to Kelowna!

[HelloHockeyFans]

Hurry up and retire!! Give us your jobs!

[skins]

are the makers of "Depends" a publically traded company? investment opportunity?

[llama64]

Oh hot!

<heads off to buy some stock in Prune Juice Ltd.>

[Flames09]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/...us-canada.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/cp-census-pop07/

And for all you single ladies out there, pack your bags to Alberta .

Retirement-minded Canadians are now the fastest-growing demographic in the country, a trend that could have important implications for the labour market, new census data suggests.

Nearly one out of every three of the country's 32 million people is a baby boomer, people born between 1946 and 1965, said Statistics Canada.

The boomers are bolstering the number of retirement-minded Canadians, making it the country's fastest growing demographic. People aged 55 to 64 account for 3.7 million people.

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There are also more senior citizens than ever — more than 4.3 million. That's the first time in the country's history there are more than four million people aged 65 or older.

To put the numbers in perspective, one out of every seven Canadians was a senior when the census was taken in 2006. Fifty years ago, that proportion was about one in 14.

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The proportion of children aged 14 and under has decreased to the lowest it has been at 17.7 per cent of the population.

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The national male-female ratio is 95.9 men for every 100 women. Alberta is the only province with more men than women.

That's great news, you know the part where there are more men in Alberta than women... more to choose from.

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Calgary is also the youngest city in the country. The average age in Canada is around 40, while the average age in Calgary is approximatley 5 years younger at 35.

I also here rumours that the average age in Red Deer is 30. Not sure if that is true or not. But in my neighborhood I would guess that 9 out of every 10 houses has people in their late 20's early 30's.

[Sylvanfan]

I think the entire Calgary to Edmonton corridor is flooded with younger workers to fill a lot of the better paying labour jobs that exist. When I lived in Sylvan Lake it had a lot of young families where the man laboured away from home and the mom stayed home to raise the kids type of thing. Kamloops which is a bit like Kelowna is a place where everyone left the city and had to work elsewhere, but as they turn 30 start looking at moving back there to raise their family type of thing after they have enough work experience to get a better job.

The real crunch in the coming years is going to be on the pension system and health care. I think the country is potentially setting up to have like 45% of the population in the working age range, and 40% in the pensioner range....That means every working person will be having to try and support two people type of thing inherently....than add in a family and the like and it's a touch scary.

I'm already looking at places that I can acquire cheaper labour that haven't been raided yet!