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Canada’s fertility rate has been below replacement level for decades and so our population is aging at an increasing rate. Projections show that the proportion of young and working-age people will continue to decrease as the number of elderly increases.
Statistics Canada has prepared a series of animated gifs consisting of age pyramids for Canada and each of the provinces and territories. One set of animations shows the years 1901-2001, and another the years 1971-2006. (The figures for 2002 through 2006 are projections.) The portal for the charts is here. Check ‘em out!
Reproduced below are the Canada pyramids for 1971 and 2006, as found here. (Click on charts for enlargements.)
Source: Statistics Canada, n.d., Age pyramid of the Population of Canada, July 1, 1971 (graph). http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/animat/pyca.htm [accessed 5 June 2007].
Source: Statistics Canada, n.d., Age pyramid of the Population of Canada, July 1, 2006 (graph). http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/animat/pyca.htm [accessed 5 June 2007].
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