- Canada's Aging Population
The graph below shows the number of Canadians over age 65 as a percentage of the total population. The accompanying table also provides a simple count of the total population over the age of 65.
|
Year |
Population over 65 |
% of pop. over 65 |
|
1851 |
65000 |
2.67 |
|
1861 |
98000 |
3.03 |
|
1871 |
135000 |
3.66 |
|
1881 |
178000 |
4.12 |
|
1891 |
220000 |
4.55 |
|
1901 |
272000 |
5.05 |
|
1911 |
336000 |
4.66 |
|
1921 |
421000 |
4.78 |
|
1931 |
576000 |
5.55 |
|
1941 |
768000 |
6.67 |
|
1951 |
1086000 |
7.75 |
|
1961 |
1391000 |
7.63 |
|
1971 |
1745000 |
8.09 |
|
1981 |
2361000 |
9.70 |
|
1991 |
3170000 |
11.61 |
|
1996 |
3527000 |
12.23 |
|
1997 |
3726000 |
12.30 |
|
1999 |
3795121 |
12.42 |
|
2001 |
4030700 |
12.64 |
|
2006 |
4399200 |
13.06 |
|
2011 |
4981200 |
14.06 |
|
2016 |
5894300 |
15.88 |
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM
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