http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/2016...nder-1.4095360
For the first time, seniors outnumber children in Canada, as the population experienced its greatest increase in the proportion of older people since Confederation, according to the latest census data.
Statistics Canada's 2016 census figures released Wednesday include_demographic data related to age, gender and where Canadians live.
There are now 5.9 million Canadian seniors, compared to 5.8 million Canadians 14 and_under.
This is due to the historic increase in the number of people over_65_— a_jump of_20 per cent since 2011 and_a significantly greater increase than the five_per cent growth experienced by the population as a whole.Big challenges is a bit of an understatement haha."As people get older, they need more health care, more home care, and that puts increasing demands on government spending," says Dr. Frances Woolley, economics professor at Carleton University in Ottawa. "There are big challenges for the government coming on the fiscal side."