POL 3513 Lecture Notes - La Question, Linear Motor, Habitants
9 Apr 2014
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During the baby boom that followed the second world war, the average fertility rate in canada was 3. 6 children per woman. Partly due to the increase in women participating in the canadian labour force, canada"s fertility rate dropped to 1. 7 children per women by 2007. This change in the fertility rate is expected to continue to slow the population growth rate. Thanks to healthier lifestyles and improved technology, the average life expectancy of a canadian has risen from 68. 5 years in 1951 to 80. 5 years in 2006. The combination of fewer younger people entering the population and the current population living longer will act together to increase the average canadian"s age over the next few decades. The aging of the baby boom resulted in a significant increase in the working-age share of the population, from 58 percent in 1962 to about 69 percent in the early 1980s.
