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Canada's Population Pyramids:
Historical & of the Future
Key Terms To Know
Baby Boom
Dependency Load
Echo Boom
Understanding Population Pyramids
Population pryamids provide information on:
-the age of a population.
-periods of high birth rates.
-periods of low birth rates.
-improved health/longer life.
-if the country has a developed, newly industrializing or developing economy.
-Stage of Demographic Transition Model
Stage 1 High Fluctuation
-high birth rate.
-high death rate.
-short life expectancy.
-poor health/nutrition.
Stage 2 Early Expanding
-high birth rate.
-falling death rate.
-improving health and nutrition.
-emerging industrial economy.
Stage 3 Late Expanding
-declining birth rate.
-low and stable death rate.
-better education/job opportunities.
-good health/nutrition.
Stage 4 Low Stationary
-low birth rate.
-low death rate.
-access to birth control.
-stabile population.
Stage 5 Decling
-very low birth rate.
-low death rate.
-aging population.
-small families.
What will Canada's pyramid look like in 2050?
-birth rate.
-death rate.
-young or old?
-declining or growing?
Historical Population Pyramid For Canada
Review Canada's population pyramid.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/pyramid-pyramide/his/index-eng.cfm
Review Ontario's population pyramid.
-what information does this population pyramid provide us about Ontario's population?
Review Nunavut's population pyramid.
-what information does this population pyramid provide us about Nunavut's population?
Review British Columbia's population pyramid.
-what information does this population pyramid provide us about British Columbia?
Which province/territory has the:
-highest birth rate?
-youngest population?
-oldest population?
-who will depend the most on immigration?