Canada’s aging population. In September 2014, Statistics Canada published an article about the population projections from 2013 to 2063. In the article, the author indicated the number of aging population would continue increasing in the coming years. By 2030, a quarter of the Canadian population would become seniors, and will rise to 26.3% in 2050, which is 0.9% higher than the average of all OECD countries and 6.1% higher than the USA. The increasing of aging population would reshape the communities and have some huge social, economic and political impacts to Canadian people and government. There are several reasons lies behind the inflation of aging population and this issue brings challenges to the Canadian society. The following paper
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First, a large number of people get married and gave birth to more children during that period, it’s called the baby boom in the 50s. Second, people decided to married at younger age, and they had children right after they were married. Therefore, the number of babies in Canada ascended by 226000 during this period. Those babies moved to the labor force 20 years after, and created high rate of unemployment and income inequity to next generation. By 2010, there are about 5 million of Canadian citizens are above 65 years old, which is 16% of total population in Canada. In 2011, the “babies” born in 1946 became age 65, and the proportion of seniors will increase from 1 in 7. The aging of population in Canada will be increased in the future years as more “babies” turned to seniors. Furthermore, there would be more retirements than the tax collect by labor force. According to the research, about 1/4 of “babies” receive government benefits since they are failed to …show more content…
According to National Household Survey in 2011, the proportion of seniors living alone is 26.7% in Canada, and 29.8% in Kingston. In 1990, Vancouver started building age-friendly communities to create comfortable apartment units specifically for aging people, and now there are more than 2500 units offered by non-profit organizations. The City of Vancouver not only builds senior apartments, but also funds senior community centers. Those community centers provide services for aging people to entertain and have health
First, a large number of people get married and gave birth to more children during that period, it’s called the baby boom in the 50s. Second, people decided to married at younger age, and they had children right after they were married. Therefore, the number of babies in Canada ascended by 226000 during this period. Those babies moved to the labor force 20 years after, and created high rate of unemployment and income inequity to next generation. By 2010, there are about 5 million of Canadian citizens are above 65 years old, which is 16% of total population in Canada. In 2011, the “babies” born in 1946 became age 65, and the proportion of seniors will increase from 1 in 7. The aging of population in Canada will be increased in the future years as more “babies” turned to seniors. Furthermore, there would be more retirements than the tax collect by labor force. According to the research, about 1/4 of “babies” receive government benefits since they are failed to …show more content…
According to National Household Survey in 2011, the proportion of seniors living alone is 26.7% in Canada, and 29.8% in Kingston. In 1990, Vancouver started building age-friendly communities to create comfortable apartment units specifically for aging people, and now there are more than 2500 units offered by non-profit organizations. The City of Vancouver not only builds senior apartments, but also funds senior community centers. Those community centers provide services for aging people to entertain and have health