Demographics of Canada

Age structure:

• 0-14 years:19% (male 3,077,994; female 2,932,821)
• 15-64 years: 68% (male 10,714,305; female 10,591,494)
• 65 years and over: 13% (male 1,683,704; female 2,280,774) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.02% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 11.41 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate: 7.39 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate: 6.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sex ratio:

• at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

• total population: 79.43 years
• male: 76.02 years
• female:83 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.64 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality:

• noun: Canadian(s)
• adjective: Canadian

Ethnic groups: British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Native American 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%

Religions: Christian 82%: Roman Catholic 42%, United Church of Canada 12%, Anglican 8%, Presbyterian 3%, Lutheran 3%, Baptist 3%, other Protestent 9%, Eastern Orthodox 2%; Muslim 2%; Jewish 1.2%; no religion 12%

Languages: English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), Italian 1.6%, German 1.5%, Cantonese 1.1%

Literacy:

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• total population: 97% (1986 est.)
• male: NA%
• female: NA%

See also : Canada