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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada

Table 1.6
Changes in the share of the population comprised of seniors in 25 CMAs, 1986, 1996 and 2004
  1986 1996 2004 Percentage point
change 1986 to 2004
percent
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario 12.9 16.1 17.3 4.4
Victoria, British Columbia 17.9 17.5 17.1 - 0.8
Trois-Rivières, Quebec 10.7 13.1 16.0 5.3
Thunder Bay, Ontario 10.4 13.8 15.0 4.6
Hamilton, Ontario 11.2 13.7 14.2 3.0
Greater Sudbury, Ontario 8.7 11.6 13.9 5.2
Chicoutimi - Jonquière, Quebec 7.1 10.8 13.8 6.7
Quebec, Quebec 9.4 11.5 13.5 4.1
Sherbrooke, Quebec 10.4 12.1 13.4 3.0
Winnipeg, Manitoba 12.1 13.2 13.3 1.2
London, Ontario 11.4 12.4 13.1 1.8
Montreal, Quebec 10.1 12.0 13.0 3.0
Saint John, New Brunswick 12.1 12.5 13.0 0.8
Regina, Saskatchewan 10.4 11.6 12.6 2.2
Windsor, Ontario 11.6 12.6 12.2 0.6
Vancouver, British Columbia 11.8 11.6 12.1 0.2
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 10.0 11.0 11.8 1.8
Halifax, Nova Scotia 8.9 10.1 11.1 2.2
Toronto, Ontario 9.5 10.8 11.1 1.6
Kitchener, Ontario 9.5 10.7 11.0 1.5
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario and Quebec 8.8 10.1 10.9 2.1
Edmonton, Alberta 7.3 9.7 10.7 3.4
Oshawa, Ontario 7.7 9.7 10.6 2.9
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 9.6 9.9 10.6 1.0
Calgary, Alberta 6.9 8.6 9.1 2.2
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, Estimates of Population by Age and Sex for Census Divisions, Census Metropolitan Areas and Economic Regions (Component Method).