Aging amongst immigrants in Canada: population drift
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Aging Amongst Immigrants in Canada: Population Drift
In Canada, two interesting demographic trends have been underway: an aging population and a growth based upon immigration. These patterns combine to form a new group that seems to have evaded notice. According to the 2001 Census of Canada, immigrants are older than the national average and almost 31% of the immigrants from Europe are over 65 years of age. Of the total senior population, 28.4% a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Studies in Population
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1927-629X,0380-1489
DOI: 10.25336/p6jk5q