Geographic Dimensions of Aging in Canada 1991-2001

Eric G. Moore and Michael A. Pacey

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: Although population aging at the national level has received much attention, its geographical dimensions have not. Here we explore the demographic processes which underlie population aging at the provincial and metropolitan scale for the periods 1991-1996 and 1996-2001. A demographic accounting framework is proposed which differentiates between the effects of aging-in-place and net migration on population aging. We also examine the relationships between the various measures of aging and social and economic characteristics of metropolitan areas over the two periods. We demonstrate that the path of population aging is susceptible to social and economic context; in particular, the struggles of the British Columbian economy in the second half of the decade and the deteriorating economies of older resources based communities are associated with increases in population aging over and above the general aging taking place in Canadian society.

Keywords: population aging; geographic differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2003-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo and nep-hea
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