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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 3
Age distribution of the South Asian community and overall Canadian population, 2001
  South Asian community Total Canadian population
Men Women Total Men Women Total
percentage
Age group
Under 15 25.7 24.4 25.0 20.2 18.6 19.4
15 to 24 15.3 15.7 15.4 14.0 13.0 13.4
25 to 44 33.0 34.4 33.7 30.4 30.6 30.5
45 to 64 20.3 19.2 19.8 24.4 24.4 24.4
65 and over 5.7 6.3 6.0 10.9 13.4 12.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total population in thousands 487.5 475.7 963.2 14,564.3 15,074.8 29,639.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.