The major focus of this paper is on the geographic dimensions of population aging in Canada between 1991 and 1996 and the demographic processes which underlie them. The question we address is how the proportion of the population that is over 65 changes in the period from 1991 to 1996 and the way...

There is probably no policy-maker in Canada who has not heard "the boom, bust and echo" mantra of David Foot (1996) by now. Even those who have not fallen prey to Foot's mantra are aware that between 2025 and 2031, the population aged 65 and over will reach between 20 and 25 percent of the total...