Canada headache because of the aging population

Canada's population is aging very rapidly in the last decade, and the number of people reaching retirement age is exceeding the number of people entering the working age.

The Canadian central data agency released the results of a 2006 survey, showing that 1 in 7 Canadians is over 65, and the number of retirees

Canada has over 1 million elderly people.
(Photo: Canada)

has reached record highs. Low birth rates and increased life expectancy have pushed the average age from 37.6 in 2001 to 39.5 at the time of the survey.

The aging workforce caught the attention of Canadian banker David Dodge, who last month urged policy makers to lift labor age barriers and allow senior citizens of The city is working longer.

In the 1970s, for every 1 Canadian aged between 55 and 64, there were 2.3 people in the age group 15 to 24. But by 2001, this rate had dropped to 1.4 and in 2006 was 1.1.

Canada is the second youngest country in the group of developed G8 countries after the US, but it is the country with the oldest population in America. The number of people who are equal and over 80 years old has surpassed 1 million people.

T. An