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This figure shows the age pyramid of the Canadian population in 2006. On it is represented six large cohorts: the parents of the baby-boomers, born between 1922 and 1938, the Second world war cohort, born between 1939 and 1945, the baby-boom cohort, born between 1946 and 1964, the baby-bust cohort, born between 1966 and 1974 and the children of the baby-boom cohort, born between 1975 and 1995.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.