Northern Canada has youngest population
by investor on 15/01/09 at 1:58 pm
The Prairies and the North have the youngest populations in Canada largely due to an influx of jobs in these regions and higher than average fertility rates, according to national population figures released Thursday.
Statistics Canada says Manitoba and Saskatchewan are the two provinces with the highest proportion of youth (19% in their populations. Alberta, which has enjoyed a large migration of young people looking for work in the last few decades, has the lowest median age (35.7 years old) out of any province and the lowest proportion of seniors aged 65 and older (10.4%) out of any province in the country.
The median age across the country is 39.4 years old as of July, 2008. But, it is the North which can still lay claim to having the youngest population in Canada. The agency says this is because of traditionally higher Aboriginal fertility rates and lower life expectancy across the territories. Nunavut has the youngest population in the country, and only 2.8% of the territory’s population are seniors. It also has the youngest median age in Canada with the average age for residents being 23.8 years old.
Recent Comments