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Figure 7 Different cohorts among the age pyramid of the Canadian population in 2006

Figure 7  Different cohorts among the age pyramid of the Canadian population in 2006

Description

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.