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Table 6
Percentage of persons aged less than 15 years and persons aged 65 years and over for central and peripheral municipalities of the 33 census metropolitan areas, 2001 and 2006
Regions	Population		Less than 15 years		65 years and over
Regions	2001	2006	2001	2006	2001	2006
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.
Central municipalities	12,230,430	12,739,120	17.7	16.5	13.3	13.8
Peripheral municipalities	7,890,925	8,769,435	20.6	19.2	10.7	11.6
Total of census metropolitan areas	20,121,355	21,508,575	18.8	17.6	12.3	12.9