OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year reign of the post-Second World War generation as the largest cohort in the population.
The federal agency noted the change in its newly released population estimate for July 1, 2023, broken down by age and gender.
The baby boomer generation became the largest in Canada in 1958 — seven years before the last baby boomer was even born. They accounted for 40 per cent of the population from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
Many countries are grappling with the reality of an aging population as baby boomers retire. These changing demographics are expected to affect health care needs and governments’ tax bases.
Here in Canada, the Liberal government has pitched higher immigration as part of the solution to problems created by aging demographics.
Statistics Canada’s report, released on Wednesday, shows federal policies are already having an impact as higher immigration through both permanent and temporary streams in 2022 and 2023 helped slow population aging.
“However, the effect of receiving a high number of immigrants in 2022 and 2023 on the decline of the average and median ages is temporary, as population aging is unavoidable,” the report says.
As of July 2023, the average age in Canada was 41.6 years, down slightly from 41.7 the previous year. It was the first decline since 1958.
Meanwhile, the number and proportion of people aged 65 years and older have continued to rise.
The federal agency says the share of millennials and generation Z is increasing, while the reverse is true for baby boomers and generation X.
Those trends have helped widen the share of the working-age population, which increased in 2023 after steadily declining over the previous 15 years.
Birth rates go down where women have education & rights. I haven’t noticed any shortage of people. Some just want bots & clones so they can have slaves.
It’s not as if the planet can continue to support more and more people, at least not without massive early deaths and suffering and poverty.
Of course, the falling birth rate is not what the real threat is — for Republicans, including Stantis.
The real threat is the changing demographics. It’s the same reason that Republicans now hate democracy and will do whatever they can to destroy it in America. They are terrified that Whites will be less dominant.
.
It’s why Trump is The Messiah for the overwhelming majority of Republicans.
It explains why they don’t care about his life of crime, his sexual assaults and multiple adulteries, his constant LIES, a million American deaths from covid, even his Treason.
It also explains their continued attempts to explain away and rationalize his most despicable behavior. They are perfectly willing to approve of his theft of money from a charity for children who have cancer. Or anything else.
They WANT Trump to be the Putin of America and murder American equivalents of Navalny.
Walter Kocker Premium Member 3 months ago
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year reign of the post-Second World War generation as the largest cohort in the population.
The federal agency noted the change in its newly released population estimate for July 1, 2023, broken down by age and gender.
The baby boomer generation became the largest in Canada in 1958 — seven years before the last baby boomer was even born. They accounted for 40 per cent of the population from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
Many countries are grappling with the reality of an aging population as baby boomers retire. These changing demographics are expected to affect health care needs and governments’ tax bases.
Here in Canada, the Liberal government has pitched higher immigration as part of the solution to problems created by aging demographics.
Statistics Canada’s report, released on Wednesday, shows federal policies are already having an impact as higher immigration through both permanent and temporary streams in 2022 and 2023 helped slow population aging.
“However, the effect of receiving a high number of immigrants in 2022 and 2023 on the decline of the average and median ages is temporary, as population aging is unavoidable,” the report says.
As of July 2023, the average age in Canada was 41.6 years, down slightly from 41.7 the previous year. It was the first decline since 1958.
Meanwhile, the number and proportion of people aged 65 years and older have continued to rise.
The federal agency says the share of millennials and generation Z is increasing, while the reverse is true for baby boomers and generation X.
Those trends have helped widen the share of the working-age population, which increased in 2023 after steadily declining over the previous 15 years.
ChukLitl Premium Member 3 months ago
Birth rates go down where women have education & rights. I haven’t noticed any shortage of people. Some just want bots & clones so they can have slaves.
braindead Premium Member 3 months ago
It’s not as if the planet can continue to support more and more people, at least not without massive early deaths and suffering and poverty.
Of course, the falling birth rate is not what the real threat is — for Republicans, including Stantis.
The real threat is the changing demographics. It’s the same reason that Republicans now hate democracy and will do whatever they can to destroy it in America. They are terrified that Whites will be less dominant.
.
It’s why Trump is The Messiah for the overwhelming majority of Republicans.
It explains why they don’t care about his life of crime, his sexual assaults and multiple adulteries, his constant LIES, a million American deaths from covid, even his Treason.
It also explains their continued attempts to explain away and rationalize his most despicable behavior. They are perfectly willing to approve of his theft of money from a charity for children who have cancer. Or anything else.
They WANT Trump to be the Putin of America and murder American equivalents of Navalny.
William Robbins Premium Member 3 months ago
Ai may have some marginal impact*, but immigration is what will save us.
or it may wipe us out, either way our worries are over…RobinHood 3 months ago
Allen Iverson will not help us.
danielmkimmel 3 months ago
Ah yes, those people speaking languages nobody knows will replace us.
Ignatz Premium Member 3 months ago
So we need immigration.
Don’t tell Republicans.
jconnors3954 3 months ago
Winslow is a parent!?
Radish the wordsmith 3 months ago
Yet the worlds population keeps growing, and will continue to grow after republicans take away contraceptives.
rossevrymn 3 months ago
Richard Pryor used to say, “White people ain’t bleeping no more.”……………….Now, Americans ain’t bleeping no more.