Table 3.4
Median age observed (2009) and projected (2036) according to six scenarios, Canada, provinces and territories

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Median age observed (2009) and projected (2036) according to six scenarios, Canada, provinces and territories
  2009 Scenario (2036)
Low-growth scenario Medium-growth scenario (M1) Medium-growth scenario (M2) Medium-growth scenario (M3) Medium-growth scenario (M4) High-growth scenario
  years
Canada 39.5 44.9 43.6 43.6 43.6 43.6 42.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 42.9 50.7 49.8 50.0 49.5 50.8 48.9
Prince Edward Island 41.7 47.3 46.1 47.8 46.0 45.7 44.9
Nova Scotia 42.6 48.3 47.3 48.5 47.1 48.4 46.3
New Brunswick 42.4 49.1 48.1 49.1 47.8 49.3 47.0
Quebec 41.1 45.9 44.7 45.1 44.7 44.7 43.4
Ontario 39.2 44.6 43.2 43.5 43.4 43.3 42.0
Manitoba 37.7 42.5 40.9 40.6 41.3 40.9 39.3
Saskatchewan 37.7 44.1 42.6 41.7 43.6 43.2 41.1
Alberta 35.6 42.8 41.4 40.5 41.9 40.4 40.0
British Columbia 40.7 45.4 44.1 44.0 43.1 44.6 43.0
Yukon 39.0 43.0 41.7 45.0 38.8 44.8 40.4
Northwest Territories 31.5 39.9 38.2 36.5 38.2 36.5 36.6
Nunavut 24.2 27.1 25.3 26.7 24.2 25.7 23.5
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
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