Last week Canadians got a fresh look at their country's changing demographic pattern last week, thanks to the results of the 2011 national census. It revealed that a trend seen throughout the developed world is firmly entrenched in this country too: seniors now make up a higher proportion of the population (14.8%) than ever before. Though the population increase for the country as a whole sits at just under 6%, the number of seniors increased at more than double that (14%). The country's median age is now higher than ever before at 40.6 years.
The next age group - dubbed "near-seniors", or people between the ages of 60 and 64, grew faster than any other. The second-fastest growing age group was men and women over 100 years.
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Source:
2011 Census: Age and Sex. Statistics Canada Census Data. Accessed May 30, 2012.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-311-x/98-311-x2011001-eng.cfm
