AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

Canada’s Population Pyramid

Examine the following:

In groups of 2-3…

What do you see as challenges or pros and cons for Canada in the next 20 years based on your observations of the two pyramids?

Canadian Population Patterns

1. More than ½ of us live in large cities, why?

• Pattern began in the 1920’s when farm workers moved to cities to find work in factories

• Immigrants settle in cities because work is easier to find

Canadian Population Patterns

2. The majority of Canadians live in Southern Canada

• The strip from Windsor, Ontario to Quebec City, Quebec is about 1100km long, but contains nearly ½ of the total population of the country

• Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut have 39% of Canada’s total land, but only about 0.3% of the total population

Let’s make a Cartogram of Canada

On graph paper each square represents 100 000 people

Try to make map look like the shape of Canada

Canadian Population by Province 2014

You just need chart paper and pencil

Does yours look like this?

Population Patterns- The Baby Boom

In 1966, more than 50% of the population of Canada was under the age of 24.

Large population of young people led to a rapid social change.

Started in 1950’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDlhORJLKg (11:12) ‘Youth Culture 1950s’

Birth Rates & Death Rates post WWII

Birth Rates and Births in Canada 1921-1971Year Birth Rate Live Births1921 29.3 265 0001926 24.7 240 0001931 23.2 247 0001936 20.3 227 0001941 22.4 263 0001946 27.2 344 0001951 27.2 381 0001956 28.0 451 0001961 26.1 476 0001966 19.4 388 0001971 16.8 362 000

Results of the Boom

1. Wealth and Prosperity: -Canada became a source of natural

resources during the war, this continued-American companies invested $12 billion

between 1945-1960-Marvin Harris developed the Cultural

Materialist school of thought around the idea that economic factors change society

Results of the Boom

2. Suburbia:Limited urban land = subdivisions outside of

city limits = cars = manufacturing jobs = Pleasantville!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_A9PFOY18 (3:41) ‘1950s Homelife suburban Sprawl and the baby boom’

Results of the Boom

Education:1950s and 60s schools built in huge

numbers.

Mid to late 60s new Universities and Community colleges had to be built

Change from authoritarian education (3 R’s) to progressive education (student driven)

Ontario’s college system started in 67, St Lawrence opened in 1969https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC83eDLuh3c (1:47) ‘Dr Spocks Baby and Child Care- Revised by Dr. Robert Needlman from MetroHealth’

Schools, schools, schools

Article- Dr Benjamin Spock

Dependency Ratio

Age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the dependent part) and those typically in the labor force (the productive part). It is normally expressed as a percentage:

(# of people 0-14 + # of people 65+)

Dependency Ratio= _______________________________ # of people aged 15-64

Dependency Ratio

• The (total) dependency ratio can be decomposed into the child dependency ratio and the aged dependency ratio:

Number of people aged 0-14 Child dependency ratio=____________________________ X 100

Number of people aged 15-64

Number of people aged 65 and over Aged dependency ratio= ___________________________ X 100

Number of people aged 15-64

Lets do it- Calculate the following…

According to the World Bank – these are Canada’s stats in 2011.

• Total population = 34 500 000• Aged 65 and above = 4 981 800• Young, 0-14 = 5 623 500• Aged 15-64 = 23 894 700

Calculate Child, Old and Total Dependency Ratios

Brainstorming- Dependency Ratio

1. Make a prediction for the future dependency ratio of Canada. What will happen to the proportion of youth, senior and working age populations? Why?

2. What are some of the potential impacts of high dependency ratios?

3. Suggest some possible ways of relieving the burden of an aging population.

Future Implications

As the ratio increases there may be an increased burden on the productive part (you soon) of the population to maintain the upbringing and pensions of the economically dependent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4r0S5qoIXc (2:09) ‘HOW AN AGEING POPULATION WILL CHANGE THE WORLD - BBC NEWS

Brainstorm!

In partners or groups of three:• Brainstorm what you imagine your future will look like.

• When will your career start? • How many careers do you imagine you’ll have?• When will retirement start for you?• What will it look like? What activities will you be doing?

http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/the_media/clips/16743/ (5:44) ‘Sherry Cooper- the new retirement’

Doczone- Generation Boomerang

• How the Baby Boomers continue to affect change via their choices and their children’s choices.

• The impact of the Echo Generation and Gen Y.

• http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/Doc+Zone/2011-12/ID/2167363287/?sort=MostPopular (45:11)