Over the past two decades, the share of people over 65 years of age has been steadily increasing in Canada. Indeed, in 2000, 12.55 percent of the Canadian population were seniors, while in 2022, they represented 18.83 percent of the population. In the same year, there were approximately 3.95 million women and 3.38 million men over the age of 65 in Canada.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a sheet that has 2 maps and an inset map. The first map shows proportion of total population in 65 to 74 and 75 plus age groups for each Census Division in 1986. An inset map shows the same information for the area from Windsor to Quebec. The second map of Canada shows proportion under 15 by Census Division. Population pyramids of age / sex distributions for 1961 and 1986 shown for each province, territory and for Canada.

Estimated number of persons on July 1, by 5-year age groups and gender, and median age, for Canada, provinces and territories.

In 2023, about 17.7 percent of the American population was 65 years old or over; an increase from the last few years and a figure which is expected to reach 22.8 percent by 2050. This is a significant increase from 1950, when only eight percent of the population was 65 or over. A rapidly aging population In recent years, the aging population of the United States has come into focus as a cause for concern, as the nature of work and retirement is expected to change to keep up. If a population is expected to live longer than the generations before, the economy will have to change as well to fulfill the needs of the citizens. In addition, the birth rate in the U.S. has been falling over the last 20 years, meaning that there are not as many young people to replace the individuals leaving the workforce. The future population It’s not only the American population that is aging -- the global population is, too. By 2025, the median age of the global workforce is expected to be 39.6 years, up from 33.8 years in 1990. Additionally, it is projected that there will be over three million people worldwide aged 100 years and over by 2050.

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Canada was reported at 19.8 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Canada - Population ages 65 and above (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Projected population according to various scenarios, age groups and gender, Canada, provinces and territories.

This statistic shows the total number of seniors in Canada in 2020, distinguished by province and age group. In 2020, 2.52 million people aged 65 years and over were living in Ontario.

Population aged 15 years and older providing care to a family member or friend with a long-term illness, disability or aging needs, by sex and age group, 2012.

Canada CA: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 29.628 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 28.912 % for 2022. Canada CA: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 16.946 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.628 % in 2023 and a record low of 12.743 % in 1971. Canada CA: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.;World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a sheet that has 2 maps and an inset map. The first map shows proportion of total population in 65 to 74 and 75 plus age groups for each Census Division in 1986. An inset map shows the same information for the area from Windsor to Quebec. The second map of Canada shows proportion under 15 by Census Division. Population pyramids of age / sex distributions for 1961 and 1986 shown for each province, territory and for Canada.

Graph and download economic data for Population ages 65 and above for Canada (SPPOP65UPTOZSCAN) from 1960 to 2024 about 65-years +, Canada, and population.

This statistic shows the population of Canada in 2022 and projects the population for 2068, by age group. In 2068, the population in the age group from 20 to 24 years is projected to reach about 3.44 million.

Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART)

This dataset contains 2 tables and 5 files which draw upon data from the 2021 Census of Canada. The tables are a custom order and contain data pertaining to older adults and housing need. The 2 tables have 6 dimensions in common and 1 dimension that is unique to each table.

Table 1's unique dimension is the "Ethnicity / Indigeneity status" dimension which contains data fields related to visible minority and Indigenous identity within the population in private households. Table 2's unique dimension is "Structural type of dwelling and Period of Construction" which contains data fields relating to the structural type and period of construction of the dwelling.

Each of the two tables is then split into multiple files based on geography. Table 1 has two files: Table 1.1 includes Canada, Provinces and Territories (14 geographies), CDs of NWT (6), CDs of Yukon (1) and CDs of Nunavut (3); and Table 1.2 includes Canada and the CMAs of Canada (44). Table 2 has three files: Table 2.1 includes Canada, Provinces and Territories (14), CDs of NWT (6), CDs of Yukon (1) and CDs of Nunavut (3); Table 2.2 includes Canada and the CMAs of Canada excluding Ontario and Quebec (20 geographies); and Table 2.3 includes Canada and the CMAs of Canada that are in Ontario and Quebec (25 geographies).

The dataset is in Beyond 20/20 (.ivt) format. The Beyond 20/20 browser is required in order to open it. This software can be freely downloaded from the Statistics Canada website: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/public/beyond20-20 (Windows only). For information on how to use Beyond 20/20, please see: http://odesi2.scholarsportal.info/documentation/Beyond2020/beyond20-quickstart.pdf https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Beyond_20/20_Guide

Custom order from Statistics Canada includes the following dimensions and data fields:

Geography:
- Country of Canada as a whole
- All 10 Provinces (Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island (PEI), Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia) as a whole
- All 3 Territories (Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon), as a whole as well as all census divisions (CDs) within the 3 territories
- All 43 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in Canada

Data Quality and Suppression:
- The global non-response rate (GNR) is an important measure of census data quality. It combines total non-response (households) and partial non-response (questions). A lower GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and, as a result, a lower risk of inaccuracy. The counts and estimates for geographic areas with a GNR equal to or greater than 50% are not published in the standard products. The counts and estimates for these areas have a high risk of non-response bias, and in most cases, should not be released.

- Area suppression is used to replace all income characteristic data with an 'x' for geographic areas with populations and/or number of households below a specific threshold. If a tabulation contains quantitative income data (e.g., total income, wages), qualitative data based on income concepts (e.g., low income before tax status) or derived data based on quantitative income variables (e.g., indexes) for individuals, families or households, then the following rule applies: income characteristic data are replaced with an 'x' for areas where the population is less than 250 or where the number of private households is less than 40. Source: Statistics Canada

- When showing count data, Statistics Canada employs random rounding in order to reduce the possibility of identifying individuals within the tabulations. Random rounding transforms all raw counts to random rounded counts. Reducing the possibility of identifying individuals within the tabulations becomes pertinent for very small (sub)populations. All counts are rounded to a base of 5, meaning they will end in either 0 or 5. The random rounding algorithm controls the results and rounds the unit value of the count according to a predetermined frequency. Counts ending in 0 or 5 are not changed.

Universe:
Full Universe:
Population aged 55 years and over in owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero in non-reserve non-farm private dwellings.

Definition of Households examined for Core Housing Need:
Private, non-farm, non-reserve, owner- or renter-households with incomes greater than zero and shelter-cost-to-income ratios less than 100% are assessed for 'Core Housing Need.' Non-family Households with at least one household maintainer aged 15 to 29 attending school are considered not to be in Core Housing Need, regardless of their housing circumstances.

Data Fields:
Table 1:

Age / Gender (12)
1. Total – Population 55 years and over
2. Men+
3. Women+
4. 55 to 64 years
5. Men+
6. Women+
7. 65+ years
8. Men+
9. Women+
10. 85+
11. Men+
12. Women+

Housing indicators (13)
1. Total – Private Households by core housing need status
2. Households below one standard only
3. Households below affordability standard only
4. Households below adequacy standard only
5. Households below suitability standard only
6. Households below two or more standards
7. Households examined for core housing need status
8. Households in core housing need status
9. Below one standard only
10. Households below affordability standard only
11. Households below adequacy standard only
12. Households below suitability standard only
13. Below 2 or more standards

Tenure Including Presence of Mortgage and Subsidized Housing (7)
1. Total – Tenure
2. Owner
3. With mortgage
4. Without mortgage
5. Renter
6. Subsidized housing
7. Not subsidized housing

Ethnicity / Indigeneity status (24)
1. Total – Visible minority status of the population
2. Total visible minority status
3. South Asian
4. Chinese
5. Black
6. Filipino
7. Latin American
8. Arab
9. Southeast Asian
10. West Asian
11. Korean
12. Japanese
13. Visible minority, n.i.e.
14. Multiple visible minorities
15. Not a visible minority
16. Total – Indigenous identity status of the population
17. Indigenous identity
18. Single Indigenous responses
19. First Nations
20. Metis
21. Inuk
22. Multiple Indigenous responses
23. Indigenous responses not included elsewhere
24. Non-Indigenous identity

Daily Activity Limitations / Immigration Status / Number of Bedrooms (23)
1. Total – Daily Activity Limitations
2. No difficulties or long-term conditions reported
3. Yes, difficulties or long-term conditions
4. Question a seeing only
5. Question b hearing only
6. Question C physical only
7. Question D cognitive only
8. Question E mental health only
9. Question F other health problem or long-term condition only
10. Yes to 2 difficulties or long term condition
11. Yes to 3 or more difficulties or long term condition
12. Not stated
13. Total – Immigrant status
14. Non-immigrant
15. Immigrant
16. Recent immigrant (Period of migration 2016 to 2021)
17. Non-permanent resident
18. Total – number of bedrooms
19. No bedrooms
20. 1 bedroom
21. 2 bedrooms
22. 3 bedrooms
23. 4 or more bedrooms

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Table 2:

Age / Gender (12)
1. Total – Population 55 years and over
2. Men+
3. Women+
4. 55 to 64 years
5. Men+
6. Women+
7. 65+ years
8. Men+
9. Women+
10. 85+
11. Men+
12. Women+

Housing indicators (13)
1. Total – Private Households by core housing need status
2. Households below one standard only
3. Households below affordability standard only
4. Households below adequacy standard only
5. Households below suitability standard only
6. Households below two or more standards
7. Households examined for core housing need status
8. Households in core housing need status
9. Below one standard only
10. Households below affordability standard only
11. Households below adequacy standard only
12. Households below suitability standard only
13. Below 2 or more standards

Tenure Including Presence of Mortgage and Subsidized Housing (7)
1. Total – Tenure
2. Owner
3. With mortgage
4. Without mortgage
5. Renter
6. Subsidized housing
7. Not subsidized housing

Structural type of dwelling and Period of Construction (50)
1. Total – Structural type of

Graph and download economic data for Age Dependency Ratio: Older Dependents to Working-Age Population for Canada (SPPOPDPNDOLCAN) from 1960 to 2024 about 64 years +, working-age, ratio, Canada, and population.

This table describes the proportion of the population with one or more underlying health conditions that are believed to increase the risk of negative outcomes following COVID-19 infection, including hospitalization and death. Estimates are based on data from the 2017-2018 Canadian Community Health Survey, and are provided for the Canadian adult (age 18 and older) population by select demographic and socio-economic characteristics at the national and provincial/territorial level.

Population providing care to a family member or friend with a long-term illness, disability or aging needs, by sex and main activity of caregiver

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Little Canada population by age cohorts (Children: Under 18 years; Working population: 18-64 years; Senior population: 65 years or more). It lists the population in each age cohort group along with its percentage relative to the total population of Little Canada. The dataset can be utilized to understand the population distribution across children, working population and senior population for dependency ratio, housing requirements, ageing, migration patterns etc.

Key observations

The largest age group was 18 to 64 years with a poulation of 6,215 (58.93% of the total population). Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.

Age cohorts:

• Under 18 years
• 18 to 64 years
• 65 years and over

Variables / Data Columns

• Age Group: This column displays the age cohort for the Little Canada population analysis. Total expected values are 3 groups ( Children, Working Population and Senior Population).
• Population: The population for the age cohort in Little Canada is shown in the following column.
• Percent of Total Population: The population as a percent of total population of the Little Canada is shown in the following column.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

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This statistic shows the resident population of Canada in 2023, distinguished by age. In 2023, about 2.12 million Canadian children were aged between 5 and 9 years.

A data set of cross-nationally comparable microdata samples for 15 Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) countries (Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA) based on the 1990 national population and housing censuses in countries of Europe and North America to study the social and economic conditions of older persons. These samples have been designed to allow research on a wide range of issues related to aging, as well as on other social phenomena. A common set of nomenclatures and classifications, derived on the basis of a study of census data comparability in Europe and North America, was adopted as a standard for recoding. This series was formerly called Dynamics of Population Aging in ECE Countries. The recommendations regarding the design and size of the samples drawn from the 1990 round of censuses envisaged: (1) drawing individual-based samples of about one million persons; (2) progressive oversampling with age in order to ensure sufficient representation of various categories of older people; and (3) retaining information on all persons co-residing in the sampled individual''''s dwelling unit. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania provided the entire population over age 50, while Finland sampled it with progressive over-sampling. Canada, Italy, Russia, Turkey, UK, and the US provided samples that had not been drawn specially for this project, and cover the entire population without over-sampling. Given its wide user base, the US 1990 PUMS was not recoded. Instead, PAU offers mapping modules, which recode the PUMS variables into the project''''s classifications, nomenclatures, and coding schemes. Because of the high sampling density, these data cover various small groups of older people; contain as much geographic detail as possible under each country''''s confidentiality requirements; include more extensive information on housing conditions than many other data sources; and provide information for a number of countries whose data were not accessible until recently. Data Availability: Eight of the fifteen participating countries have signed the standard data release agreement making their data available through NACDA/ICPSR (see links below). Hungary and Switzerland require a clearance to be obtained from their national statistical offices for the use of microdata, however the documents signed between the PAU and these countries include clauses stipulating that, in general, all scholars interested in social research will be granted access. Russia requested that certain provisions for archiving the microdata samples be removed from its data release arrangement. The PAU has an agreement with several British scholars to facilitate access to the 1991 UK data through collaborative arrangements. Statistics Canada and the Italian Institute of statistics (ISTAT) provide access to data from Canada and Italy, respectively. * Dates of Study: 1989-1992 * Study Features: International, Minority Oversamples * Sample Size: Approx. 1 million/country Links: * Bulgaria (1992), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/02200 * Czech Republic (1991), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06857 * Estonia (1989), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06780 * Finland (1990), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06797 * Romania (1992), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06900 * Latvia (1989), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/02572 * Lithuania (1989), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/03952 * Turkey (1990), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/03292 * U.S. (1990), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06219