Canada is growing older

Here are some highlights from our last census for fun look at how Canada is changing.

• Number of seniors (age 65 and over) is nearly 5 million

• The number of seniors is at the highest rate ever in Canada

• The working-age population, aged 15-64, only grew by 5.7 per cent and account for 42 per cent of the total population

• The population of children under 14 only grew by 0.5 per cent

• The population of children under 4 increased a lot, by 11 per cent between 2006 and 2011

• The first baby boomers hit retirement age — 65 — in 2011

• The fastest-growing age group are 60-64 year-olds, at 29 per cent

• The second fastest-growing group are centenarians, those over 100.

• Saskatchewan had the highest fertility rate of all the provinces

• The working age population in Alberta encompasses 70 per cent of the overall population

• The oldest — cities — are Parksville, B.C., Elliot Lake, Ont., and Cobourg, Ont

• Cities with the highest proportion of working age population are: Wood Buffalo, Alta., Yellowknife, Strathmore, Alta., and Whitehorse

• 5,825 Canadians are over 100 years old

• There are 500 women centenarians for every 100 men

• Saskatchewan has the highest rate of centenarians of all the provinces and territories

• The Calgary CMA has an equal gender split, 50-50

• Wood Buffalo, Alta., is the manliest town in Canada, with 54.4 per cent of the overall population

• Cobourg, Ont., is where the ladies are. It is the city under 100,000 with largest proportion of women, 53.6 per cent

• Nunavut is the youngest territory or province, with 32 per cent of the population under 14

• The median age in Canada in May 2011 was 40.6

• The number of children aged four and under increased for the first time in 50 years

• Nearly two-thirds of all teenagers live in central Canada