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Table 1.3
Percentage of population aged less than 15 years, 15 to 64 years and 65 years and over and median age, census metropolitan areas, July 1, 2007

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Region Less than 15 years 15 to 64 years 65 years and over Median Age
  percentage age
Canada 17.0 69.6 13.4 38.8
All census metropolitan areas 17.0 70.5 12.5 38.1
St. John's 15.5 73.5 11.0 38.7
Halifax 16.0 72.2 11.8 38.6
Saint John 16.6 70.0 13.4 39.6
Saguenay 14.6 70.2 15.1 43.2
Québec 14.5 71.0 14.5 41.4
Sherbrooke 16.1 69.7 14.2 39.4
Trois-Rivières 14.1 68.6 17.3 43.8
Montréal 16.5 69.9 13.6 39.0
Ottawa - Gatineau 17.2 71.3 11.6 38.1
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 17.1 70.9 12.0 38.1
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 17.4 72.4 10.2 38.1
Kingston 15.2 69.8 15.0 41.0
Oshawa 19.1 69.6 11.3 37.7
Toronto 18.0 70.6 11.3 37.0
Hamilton 17.1 68.1 14.7 39.6
St. Catharines - Niagara 15.7 66.5 17.9 42.3
Kitchener 18.4 70.2 11.4 36.8
London 17.0 69.4 13.6 38.5
Windsor 18.2 69.1 12.7 37.8
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 16.0 69.5 14.5 40.9
Thunder Bay 15.9 68.2 15.9 41.8
Winnipeg 17.4 69.3 13.3 38.1
Regina 17.6 69.4 13.0 37.0
Saskatoon 18.3 69.6 12.0 35.2
Calgary 17.8 73.1 9.1 35.5
Edmonton 17.7 71.4 10.9 35.9
Abbotsford 19.5 67.8 12.7 36.5
Vancouver 15.8 71.9 12.3 38.4
Victoria 13.2 69.6 17.2 42.7
Note: 2007: Preliminary postcensal estimates.
Source: Statistics Canada. 2008. Annual Demographic Estimates: Census Metropolitan Areas, Economic Regions and Census Divisions, Age and Sex, 2002 to 2007. Statistics Canada Catalogue number 91-214-X. 
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X.