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Table 3
Age distribution of the Japanese community and overall Canadian population, 2001

  Japanese community Total Canadian population
Men Women Total Men Women Total
percentage
Age group
Under 15
24.3 19.1 21.5 20.2 18.6 19.4
15 to 24
16.2 14.9 15.4 14.0 13.0 13.4
25 to 44
27.3 34.7 31.3 30.4 30.6 30.5
45 to 64
20.5 19.7 20.1 24.4 24.4 24.4
65 and over
11.7 11.6 11.7 10.9 13.4 12.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total population in thousands 39.1 46.1 85.2 14,564.3 15,074.8 29,639.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.