For the first time in history, the percentage of seniors in the population (16.9 per cent) now exceeds the share of children (16.6 per cent), new census data reveals. As well, increasing life expectancy combined with low fertility rates since the 1970s means seniors are an increasing proportion of Canada’s population. By 2061, these patterns will mean there could mean that Canada has 12 million seniors and fewer than 8 million children. Still, Canada is the young kid on the block – Canada had a lower proportion of seniors than any other G7 country except the United States. On the age front, Ontario held steady with the number of children (16.4 per cent) and seniors (16.7 per cent) roughly matched.

Source: thestar May 03, 2017 12:56 UTC