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Population 2017

Numerous demographic and socio-economic drivers affect Canadians in complex ways: a baby boom and bust; increased international competition for products and services; an evolution of family forms; high immigration from new sources; and suburbanization, to name but a few. Together these and other social, demographic and economic shifts are shaping preferences and opportunities in work, family, social and civic life. The purpose of this project is to present a portrait of the 2017 Canadian population, when the nation celebrates its 150 th birthday. The portrait will include dimensions such as: work, families, education, income inequality, ethno-cultural diversity, Aboriginal peoples, health, and civic participation. It will involve demographic projections to 2017, while taking note of current drivers anticipated to be of consequence in a decade.

Beginning in the fall of 2007, the project will prepare a synthesis of demographic projections and trends. Projections will be drawn from Statistics Canada’s LifePaths ^TMof the Socio-Economic Analysis and Modelling Division, and POPSIM, of the Demography Division, supported by a scan of other demographic trend information and the perspectives of researchers in federal government departments. Interim results were presented at the Third Annual Symposium of the Population, Work and Family Policy Collaboration (PWFC) on December 12-14, 2007.

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