Dependency ratio, by age group, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 1995-1998

Dependency ratio Dependency ratio Youth, under 15 years Seniors, 65 years and over
 
00 Canada 47.9 20.4 12.0
10 Newfoundland 43.9 20.1 10.4
1001 Health and Community Services St. John's Region 44.1 19.9 10.7
1002 Health and Community Services Eastern Region 44.7 20.0 10.9
1003 Health and Community Services Central Region 44.5 19.5 11.3
1004 Health and Community Services Western Region 43.9 20.2 10.3
1005 Grenfell Regional Health Services Board 42.2 21.4 8.3
1006 Health Labrador Corporation 39.5 24.6 3.7
11 Prince Edward Island 53.1 21.7 13.0
1101 Urban Health Region 52.2 21.5 12.8
1102 Rural Health Region 54.1 21.9 13.2
12 Nova Scotia 48.1 19.7 12.8
1201 Zone 1 52.4 18.4 16.0
1202 Zone 2 51.7 20.4 13.7
1203 Zone 3 52.2 19.8 14.5
1204 Zone 4 53.1 20.2 14.5
1205 Zone 5 52.2 20.2 14.1
1206 Zone 6 42.5 19.7 10.1
13 New Brunswick 47.1 19.6 12.4
1301 Region 1 46.4 18.6 13.1
1302 Region 2 50.6 20.4 13.2
1303 Region 3 47.1 20.3 11.7
1304 Region 4 47.1 19.7 12.3
1305 Region 5 47.9 19.9 12.5
1306 Region 6 42.0 18.7 10.9
1307 Region 7 46.6 19.6 12.2
24 Quebec 44.9 19.2 11.8
2401 Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent 49.0 19.1 13.8
2402 Région du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 44.9 20.9 10.1
2403 Région de Québec 41.2 16.9 12.3
2404 Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec 48.1 19.0 13.5
2405 Région de l'Estrie 48.4 19.6 13.0
2406 Région de Montréal-Centre 44.7 16.2 14.7
2407 Région de l'Outaouais 43.1 21.2 8.9
2408 Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue 46.8 22.3 9.6
2409 Région de la Côte-Nord 39.1 21.0 7.1
2410 Région du Nord-du-Québec 51.7 30.8 3.3
2411 Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 46.4 18.9 12.8
2412 Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches 47.5 20.6 11.6
2413 Région de Laval 43.5 19.5 10.8
2414 Région de Lanaudière 45.8 22.4 9.0
2415 Région des Laurentides 45.6 21.6 9.7
2416 Région de la Montérégie 44.5 20.8 10.0
2417 Région du Nunavik 51.7 30.9 3.2
2418 Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James 51.7 30.8 3.3
35 Ontario by District Health Council 47.9 20.3 12.1
3501 Champlain District Health Council 46.2 20.1 11.5
3502 Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC 52.4 19.8 14.6
3503 Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC 52.4 22.5 11.9
3504 Toronto District Health Council 43.7 17.3 13.1
3505 Simcoe-York District Health Council 47.5 22.6 9.6
3506 Halton-Peel District Health Council 42.7 21.9 8.0
3507 Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC 48.8 21.9 10.9
3508 Hamilton-Wentworth DHC 50.8 19.8 13.9
3509 Niagara District Health Council 53.8 19.4 15.6
3510 Grand River DHC 55.3 22.1 13.5
3511 Thames Valley DHC 51.1 21.2 12.6
3512 Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC 51.7 20.7 13.4
3513 Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC 59.2 21.5 15.7
3514 Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC 53.1 19.8 14.9
3515 Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC 47.3 20.5 11.6
3516 Northwestern Ontario DHC 51.3 22.1 11.8
35 Ontario by Health Unit 47.9 20.3 12.1
3526 Algoma Public Health Unit 49.7 20.4 12.8
3527 Brant Public Health Unit 55.0 22.1 13.4
3530 Durham Public Health Unit 48.6 24.0 8.7
3531 Elgin-St Thomas Public Health Unit 55.8 22.2 13.6
3533 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit 58.5 21.0 15.9
3534 Haldimand-Norfolk Public Health Unit 55.5 22.1 13.6
3535 Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge Public Health Unit 59.5 20.2 17.1
3536 Halton Public Health Unit 45.8 20.8 10.6
3537 Hamilton-Wentworth Public Health Unit 50.8 19.8 13.9
3538 Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health Unit 55.3 20.1 15.5
3539 Huron Public Health Unit 63.1 21.9 16.8
3540 Kent-Chatham Public Health Unit 54.8 21.2 14.2
3541 Kingston-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit 47.9 19.0 13.4
3542 Lambton Public Health Unit 54.3 21.3 13.9
3543 Leeds-Grenville-Lanark Public Health Unit 54.6 20.3 15.0
3544 Middlesex-London Public Health Unit 48.8 20.8 12.0
3545 Muskoka-Parry Sound Public Health Unit 56.3 18.9 17.1
3546 Niagara Public Health Unit 53.8 19.4 15.6
3547 North Bay Public Health Unit 50.2 20.2 13.2
3549 Northwestern Public Health Unit 56.0 25.1 10.8
3551 Ottawa Carleton Public Health Unit 43.7 19.6 10.8
3552 Oxford Public Health Unit 56.3 21.9 14.1
3553 Peel Public Health Unit 41.4 22.4 6.9
3554 Perth Public Health Unit 57.2 22.1 14.3
3555 Peterborough Public Health Unit 57.7 19.7 16.9
3556 Porcupine Public Health Unit 48.1 22.3 10.2
3557 Renfrew Public Health Unit 53.8 20.7 14.3
3558 Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit 53.1 21.9 12.8
3560 Simcoe Public Health Unit 53.8 22.3 12.7
3561 Sudbury Public Health Unit 45.6 19.8 11.5
3562 Thunder Bay Public Health Unit 49.3 20.6 12.4
3563 Timiskaming Public Health Unit 53.4 20.4 14.4
3565 Waterloo Public Health Unit 47.9 21.7 10.7
3566 Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit 50.6 22.3 11.3
3568 Windsor-Essex Public Health Unit 49.7 20.3 12.9
3570 York Public Health Unit 44.1 22.8 7.8
3595 City of Toronto Public Health Unit 43.7 17.3 13.1
46 Manitoba 54.8 21.9 13.5
4610 Winnipeg 50.2 19.9 13.5
4615 Brandon 56.5 21.0 15.1
4620 North Eastman 56.0 23.6 12.3
4625 South Eastman 58.5 26.5 10.4
4630 Interlake 55.3 22.5 13.1
4640 Central 65.6 24.9 14.7
4650 Marquette 70.1 21.0 20.2
4655 South Westman 68.6 22.1 18.6
4660 Parkland 69.8 21.3 19.8
4670 Norman 53.8 27.0 8.0
4680, 4690 Burntwood and Churchill 61.0 35.0 2.9
4680 Burntwood 61.0 35.0 2.9
4690 Churchill 61.3 35.2 2.8
47 Saskatchewan 60.3 23.1 14.5
4701 Weyburn (A) Service Area 66.1 21.8 18.0
4702 Moose Jaw (B) Service Area 65.8 21.6 18.1
4703 Swift Current (C) Service Area 65.6 21.4 18.2
4704 Regina (D) Service Area 54.3 22.2 13.0
4705 Yorkton (E) Service Area 72.4 19.8 22.2
4706 Saskatoon (F) Service Area 54.3 22.7 12.5
4707 Rosetown (G) Service Area 64.5 23.7 15.5
4708 Melfort (H) Service Area 67.8 21.7 18.7
4709 Prince Albert (I) Service Area 64.2 24.1 15.0
4710 North Battleford (J) Service Area 65.0 26.7 12.7
4711 Northern Health Services Branch (K) Service Area 73.9 38.4 4.1
48 Alberta 48.1 22.9 9.6
4801 Chinook Regional Health Authority 56.5 23.9 12.2
4802 Palliser Health Authority 55.8 22.4 13.4
4803 Headwaters Health Authority 45.6 21.8 9.5
4804 Calgary Regional Health Authority 43.5 21.7 8.6
4805 Health Authority #5 55.8 24.0 11.8
4806 David Thompson Regional Health Authority 52.4 24.2 10.2
4807 East Central Health Authority 61.3 22.9 15.1
4808 Westview Regional Health Authority 46.8 23.2 8.7
4809 Crossroads Regional Health Authority 46.8 22.3 9.6
4810 Capital Health Authority 46.2 22.1 9.5
4811 Aspen Regional Health Authority 53.6 23.9 11.0
4812 Lakeland Regional Health Authority 56.7 25.6 10.6
4813 Mistahia Regional Health Authority 49.7 25.7 7.5
4814 Peace Regional Health Authority 54.6 28.3 7.0
4815 Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority 60.0 32.0 5.5
4816 Northern Lights Regional Health Authority 40.6 26.8 2.1
4817 Northwestern Regional Health Authority 59.2 31.6 5.6
59 British Columbia 47.5 19.6 12.6
5901 East Kootenay 51.5 21.7 12.3
5902 West Kootenay-Boundary 53.8 20.3 14.7
5903 North Okanagan 57.2 20.6 15.8
5904 South Okanagan Similkameen 60.0 18.5 19.0
5905 Thompson 47.3 21.4 10.7
5906 Fraser Valley 58.2 23.2 13.6
5907 South Fraser Valley 48.8 21.9 10.9
5922 Burnaby/Simon Fraser 42.7 19.0 10.9
5917 Burnaby 41.0 15.9 13.2
5908 Simon Fraser 43.7 21.0 9.4
5909 Coast Garibaldi 48.6 20.7 12.0
5910 Central Vancouver Island 55.5 20.4 15.3
5911 Upper Island/Central Coast 48.1 22.8 9.7
5912 Cariboo 46.6 23.6 8.2
5913 North West 46.6 26.0 5.8
5914 Peace Liard 48.1 26.3 6.2
5915 Northern Interior 44.3 24.8 5.9
5921 Vancouver/Richmond 37.6 15.0 12.3
5916 Vancouver 36.4 13.9 12.8
5919 Richmond 42.0 19.0 10.6
5918 North Shore 45.1 17.6 13.5
5920 Capital 52.7 16.6 17.9
60 Yukon Territory 39.7 24.1 4.3
6001 Yukon Territory 39.7 24.1 4.3
61 Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut 46.4 28.3 3.4
6101 Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut 46.4 28.3 3.4
62 Nunavut 67.8 38.2 2.2
6201 Nunavut 67.8 38.2 2.2

1. Data sources: Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Data are derived from the Census and administrative sources on births, deaths, and migration. Population growth for Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia were supplied by the Institut de la statistique du Québec, Alberta Health and Wellness and BC Stats respectively.
2. The ratio of the combined child population (aged 0 to 14) and elderly population (aged 65 and over) to the working age population (aged 15 to 64).
3. This ratio is usually presented as the number of dependents for every 100 people in the working age population.
4. Health regions are defined by provincial governments as the areas of responsibility for regional health boards (i.e., legislated) or as regions of interest to health care authorities.
5. In Prince Edward Island, the two health regions divide the province into urban and rural components.
6. Prince Edward Island has defined these health regions for statistical purposes only; they bear no resemblance to the boundaries of the five actual administrative health regions.
7. In Nova Scotia, health regions are known as "health zones" and relate to the province’s administrative health region boundaries.
8. In Ontario, Public health units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District health councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations.
9. In Saskatchewan, "service areas" have been created from groupings of the 33 health districts.
10. The following symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available and (...) for figures not appropriate or not applicable.
11. CANSIM table number 01095006.