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Table 1.4
Distribution of seniors and non-seniors across the provinces and territories, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2005 and projection for 2026
  1981 1991 2001 2005 2026
Non-seniors Seniors Non-seniors Seniors Non-seniors Seniors Non-seniors Seniors Non-seniors Seniors
number
Newfoundland and Labrador 530,724 44,051 523,772 55,746 458,638 63,348 448,216 67,745 373,900 135,200
Prince Edward Island 108,789 14,952 113,206 17,100 118,045 18,627 118,662 19,451 112,500 35,500
Nova Scotia 761,750 92,896 800,816 114,286 804,843 127,546 804,318 133,571 729,300 246,600
New Brunswick 635,356 70,969 656,006 89,522 650,285 99,605 647,295 104,711 571,400 196,900
Quebec 5,974,496 573,209 6,282,314 782,272 6,431,830 965,160 6,552,485 1,045,661 6,384,400 1,922,600
Ontario 7,937,213 874,099 9,222,827 1,205,305 10,408,353 1,489,294 10,932,712 1,608,698 12,392,700 3,079,400
Manitoba 914,236 122,197 961,924 147,690 994,094 157,191 1,018,967 158,589 1,060,800 263,200
Saskatchewan 859,334 116,533 861,636 141,050 852,067 148,067 847,024 147,102 756,100 220,900
Alberta 2,129,217 164,981 2,359,775 232,851 2,746,202 310,537 2,916,263 340,553 3,235,200 767,000
British Columbia 2,522,725 301,208 2,944,784 428,680 3,538,812 539,635 3,667,766 586,756 4,115,900 1,164,000
Yukon Territory 23,124 779 27,784 1,123 28,365 1,764 28,835 2,153 27,300 6,000
Northwest Territories with Nunavut 46,145 1,410 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Northwest Territories .. .. 37,533 1,213 39,140 1,682 40,982 2,000 46,000 6,800
Nunavut .. .. 21,741 438 27,515 606 29,204 788 31,100 1,800
Total 22,443,109 2,377,284 24,814,118 3,217,276 27,098,189 3,923,062 28,052,729 4,217,778 29,836,600 8,045,900
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.4 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.7
Prince Edward Island 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Nova Scotia 3.4 3.9 3.2 3.6 3.0 3.3 2.9 3.2 2.4 3.1
New Brunswick 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.5 1.9 2.4
Quebec 26.6 24.1 25.3 24.3 23.7 24.6 23.4 24.8 21.4 23.9
Ontario 35.4 36.8 37.2 37.5 38.4 38.0 39.0 38.1 41.5 38.3
Manitoba 4.1 5.1 3.9 4.6 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.3
Saskatchewan 3.8 4.9 3.5 4.4 3.1 3.8 3.0 3.5 2.5 2.7
Alberta 9.5 6.9 9.5 7.2 10.1 7.9 10.4 8.1 10.8 9.5
British Columbia 11.2 12.7 11.9 13.3 13.1 13.8 13.1 13.9 13.8 14.5
Yukon Territory 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Northwest Territories with Nunavut 0.2 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Northwest Territories .. .. 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1
Nunavut .. .. 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sources: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Canada, Population Projections for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2005.