Study: Immigration to drive Canada’s population increase into 2068
https://www.cicnews.com/2022/08/study-immigration-to-drive-canadas-population-increase-into-2068-0830198.html#gs.a1r2ts
Statistics Canada has released its projections for Canada’s population growth spanning the next 47 years. The report states that by 2068, in a medium growth scenario, Canada’s population could reach up to 57 million people, largely driven by increased immigration.
The population is aging
The most report states the average age of Canadians was 41 years old.
By 2068, it is expected that the median age in Canada will increase to 45 years old and the number if Canadian’s over 85 will triple from the current 871,000 to 3.2 million. Canadians over 65, and therefore retired, will account for 26% of Canada’s population. Bearing this in mind, Statistics Canada estimates that even with increased immigration, an aging population is unavoidable over the coming 50 years.
When combined with an increasing mortality rate, Statistics Canada projects that even in a medium-growth scenario the birth rate may become negative between 2049 and 2058
. Put another way, this means that for nearly a decade, Canada can expect more deaths than births.
Even with high immigration targets, one of the biggest difficulties over the coming years will be increasing the number of youth in the population. The rate of natural population growth (births minus deaths) in Canada is expected to further decline as there is historically low birth rate among Canadian couples, with the number of children per woman at only 1.4. in 2020.
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LOL.
Talk about a failed immigration plan.
First of all, you are "importing" huge number of young immigrants every year and still it is expected that your average population age to grow older. On top of that, despite all this immigration, you will still have a negative birth rate for whole decade 2049-2058.
They can't seem to grasp the fact that the more developed you become, the less birth rates you will have, no matter how many people you import.
