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| Age 0 to 17 | Age 18 to 64 | Age 65 and over | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Canada | 6,967,853 | 21.6 | 21,084,876 | 65.3 | 4,217,778 | 13.1 | 32,270,507 | 100.0 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 101,458 | 19.7 | 346,758 | 67.2 | 67,745 | 13.1 | 515,961 | 100.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 30,529 | 22.1 | 88,133 | 63.8 | 19,451 | 14.1 | 138,113 | 100.0 |
| Nova Scotia | 189,490 | 20.2 | 614,828 | 65.6 | 133,571 | 14.2 | 937,889 | 100.0 |
| New Brunswick | 150,784 | 20.1 | 496,511 | 66.0 | 104,711 | 13.9 | 752,006 | 100.0 |
| Quebec | 1,538,081 | 20.2 | 5,014,404 | 66.0 | 1,045,661 | 13.8 | 7,598,146 | 100.0 |
| Ontario | 2,777,653 | 22.1 | 8,155,059 | 65.0 | 1,608,698 | 12.8 | 12,541,410 | 100.0 |
| Manitoba | 282,600 | 24.0 | 736,367 | 62.5 | 158,589 | 13.5 | 1,177,556 | 100.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 240,950 | 24.2 | 606,074 | 61.0 | 147,102 | 14.8 | 994,126 | 100.0 |
| Alberta | 763,440 | 23.4 | 2,152,823 | 66.1 | 340,553 | 10.5 | 3,256,816 | 100.0 |
| British Columbia | 860,899 | 20.2 | 2,806,867 | 66.0 | 586,756 | 13.8 | 4,254,522 | 100.0 |
| Yukon Territory | 7,067 | 22.8 | 21,768 | 70.2 | 2,153 | 6.9 | 30,988 | 100.0 |
| Northwest Territories | 12,612 | 29.3 | 28,370 | 66.0 | 2,000 | 4.7 | 42,982 | 100.0 |
| Nunavut | 12,290 | 41.0 | 16,914 | 56.4 | 788 | 2.6 | 29,992 | 100.0 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, Estimates of Total Population, Canada, Provinces and Territories; Vital statistics - birth and death, 2005. | ||||||||