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Table 1 Population, age distribution and median age by province and territory, as of July 1, 2008

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Population, age distribution and median age by province and territory, as of July 1, 2008
	Population	0 to 14 years	15 to 64 years	65 years and over	Median age
	number	%			years
Canada	33,311,389	16.8	69.5	13.7	39.4
Newfoundland and Labrador	507,895	15.0	70.6	14.4	42.5
Prince Edward Island	139,818	16.7	68.2	15.1	41.3
Nova Scotia	938,310	15.2	69.4	15.4	42.2
New Brunswick	747,302	15.5	69.3	15.2	42.0
Quebec	7,750,504	15.9	69.5	14.6	41.0
Ontario	12,928,996	17.2	69.4	13.5	39.0
Manitoba	1,207,959	19.0	67.2	13.8	37.8
Saskatchewan	1,015,985	19.0	66.1	14.9	37.9
Alberta	3,585,142	18.3	71.3	10.4	35.7
British Columbia	4,381,603	15.7	69.8	14.5	40.5
Yukon	33,144	17.4	75.1	7.5	38.7
Northwest Territories	43,283	22.3	72.8	5.0	31.2
Nunavut	31,448	32.8	64.4	2.8	23.8