Tuesday February 11, 2003

CANADIAN CENSUS NOTES LABOUR FORCE WILL SUFFER DUE TO UNDERPOPULATION

Logical result of Canadian governments' many years of anti-family policies

OTTAWA, February 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Canadian labour force is getting older and more and more dependent on immigration to fill voids. A Statistics Canada report based on 2001 Census data released today indicates that "the workforce has become much 'greyer.'" The average age of the labour force rose from 37.1 years in 1991 to 39.0 years in 2001.

By the end of the decade, 15% of the labour force was within 10 years of retirement age. By 2011, when almost one-fifth of the baby boom generation will be at least 61 years of age, there will be a potential for shortages in certain occupations. In addition, rates of fertility have remained at low levels for the last three decades. As a result, fewer young people are entering the working-age population to replace individuals in the age group nearing retirement. In 2001, there were 2.7 labour force participants aged 20 to 34 for every one aged 55 and over, down from 3.7 in 1981.

Retiring baby boomers will have a significant impact on the size of the labour market, especially as relatively small cohorts of young people will be entering it. People aged 37 to 55 in 2001 made up 47% of the labour force. Ten years from now, one-half of them will be 55 or over, and 18% will be over the age of 60.

Census data show that immigrants who landed in Canada during the 1990s, and who were in the labour force in 2001, represented almost 70% of the total growth of the labour force over the decade. If current immigration rates continue, it is possible that immigration could account for virtually all labour force growth by 2011.

See the full Stats Can report:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/030211/td030211.htm

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