Western Canada within 20 years will grow by a third while Newfoundland and Labrador will be smaller and greyer, Statistics Canada announced yesterday. Nationwide the seniors’ population next year will eclipse the number of children..“If Canada’s population continues to increase in the future it will be mainly because of immigration which is expected to remain quite significant in the coming decades,” said a StatsCan report Population Projections. Current quotas of 431,645 immigrants this year rising to 447,055 in 2023 are expected to continue, wrote analysts..According to Blacklock's Reporter, birth rates will remain modest, said the report. “Various factors such as the postponement of the age at maternity, economic considerations, evolving values in the face of the family or difficulties in accessing adequate housing could be involved,” it said..“Canada will remain dependent on high immigration levels to renew its population particularly in the context of a low and recently declining fertility rate.”.Medium-growth projections on population to 2043 forecast modest gains in Québec and Atlantic Canada with sharper growth in the West and Ontario. StatsCan predicted within 20 years:.• the population of Western provinces and territories will increase 34% to 16.6 million;• Ontario will grow 29% to 19 million;• Québec will grow 10% to 9.5 million;• Atlantic Canada will grow 7% to 2.6 million..After the two largest provinces the 2043 population was projected to increase to 6.7 million in British Columbia followed by Alberta (6.5 million), Manitoba (1.7 million), Saskatchewan (1.6 million), Nova Scotia (one million), New Brunswick (857,000), Prince Edward Island (208,700), Yukon (51,300), Northwest Territories (50,400) and Nunavut (49,200)..Newfoundland and Labrador is the only jurisdiction forecast to see a decline in population from 520,600 to 477,900. The province would also be the greyest with 33% of its population over 65, said Population Projections..The number of seniors in Canada in 2023 will surpass the number of children for the first time in the nation’s history. Chief Actuary Assia Billig cited “the retirement of the baby boomers reaching age 65” in a 2020 Actuarial Report On The Old Age Security Program. Seniors next year will number 7,663,000. Children under 18 will total 7,471,000..Researchers predicted an “expected continued trend toward longer working lives” as “labour shortages create attractive employment opportunities that will continue to exert upward pressure on the participation rates for all age groups.”
Western Canada within 20 years will grow by a third while Newfoundland and Labrador will be smaller and greyer, Statistics Canada announced yesterday. Nationwide the seniors’ population next year will eclipse the number of children..“If Canada’s population continues to increase in the future it will be mainly because of immigration which is expected to remain quite significant in the coming decades,” said a StatsCan report Population Projections. Current quotas of 431,645 immigrants this year rising to 447,055 in 2023 are expected to continue, wrote analysts..According to Blacklock's Reporter, birth rates will remain modest, said the report. “Various factors such as the postponement of the age at maternity, economic considerations, evolving values in the face of the family or difficulties in accessing adequate housing could be involved,” it said..“Canada will remain dependent on high immigration levels to renew its population particularly in the context of a low and recently declining fertility rate.”.Medium-growth projections on population to 2043 forecast modest gains in Québec and Atlantic Canada with sharper growth in the West and Ontario. StatsCan predicted within 20 years:.• the population of Western provinces and territories will increase 34% to 16.6 million;• Ontario will grow 29% to 19 million;• Québec will grow 10% to 9.5 million;• Atlantic Canada will grow 7% to 2.6 million..After the two largest provinces the 2043 population was projected to increase to 6.7 million in British Columbia followed by Alberta (6.5 million), Manitoba (1.7 million), Saskatchewan (1.6 million), Nova Scotia (one million), New Brunswick (857,000), Prince Edward Island (208,700), Yukon (51,300), Northwest Territories (50,400) and Nunavut (49,200)..Newfoundland and Labrador is the only jurisdiction forecast to see a decline in population from 520,600 to 477,900. The province would also be the greyest with 33% of its population over 65, said Population Projections..The number of seniors in Canada in 2023 will surpass the number of children for the first time in the nation’s history. Chief Actuary Assia Billig cited “the retirement of the baby boomers reaching age 65” in a 2020 Actuarial Report On The Old Age Security Program. Seniors next year will number 7,663,000. Children under 18 will total 7,471,000..Researchers predicted an “expected continued trend toward longer working lives” as “labour shortages create attractive employment opportunities that will continue to exert upward pressure on the participation rates for all age groups.”
