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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada

Table 1.3
Projections of the share of the population comprised of seniors, by province and territory, medium growth and medium interprovincial migration, 2011 to 2031
  2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 15.8 19.4 23.1 26.6 29.5
Prince Edward Island 15.4 18.6 21.3 24.0 26.4
Nova Scotia 16.1 19.0 22.0 25.3 28.1
New Brunswick 15.9 19.0 22.2 25.6 28.6
Quebec 15.6 17.9 20.4 23.1 25.3
Ontario 13.9 15.7 17.6 19.9 22.1
Manitoba 14.1 15.7 17.6 19.9 21.7
Saskatchewan 15.4 17.1 19.7 22.6 24.9
Alberta 11.8 13.8 16.3 19.2 21.4
British Columbia 15.1 17.2 19.6 22.0 24.1
Yukon Territory 9.8 13.1 15.9 18.0 19.7
Northwest Territories 6.3 8.8 10.8 12.9 15.1
Nunavut 3.2 4.1 4.6 5.5 5.7
Sources: Statistics Canada, Population Projections for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2005.