1. Who is the average Canadian?

2. How do we know who is the average Canadian?
The Canadian government agency called Statistics Canada records the information about all Canadians every 5 years.
It is called a census
The last census was in 2011.
The first national census in Canada was in 1871

3. What information is collected in a Census?
Income and earnings
Labour
Language
Language used at work
Place of work, commuting to work
Population and dwelling counts
Shelter costs
Who are Aboriginal peoples
Age and sex of people
Level of Education
Ethnic origin and visible minorities
Families and households
Immigration and citizenship

4. How to determine who the average Canadian is?
We will be formulating an answer to this by looking at 6 different factors:
Age
Education Level
Income
Language (mother tongue)
Ethnicity
Urban/Rural population

5. Age -age is a term used to describe how long something has existed
-in the human world, we place A LOT of control on age
School age
Age to drive, to vote, to drink
Age of consent
Age of retirement
Ask students to think of ways age controls the things we do

6. Age
-average age is one indicator used extensively when describing a country
-we can roughly gauge average age through the use of Population Pyramids
-these special graphs helps us see the percentages of young and old and where the country’s age is concentrated
-these numbers also help us see trends for the future
Ask students to think of ways age controls the things we do 6

7. How has Canada’s Population Changed over 100 years?
Canada’s population is seeing an aging trend. 1 in 7 Canadians is over 65 years old.e in seven
What do you think is the median age of a Canadian?
Click graph to link to moving graph
39.5 years old

8. Do you think this trend will continue?
2000
2025
2050

9. Predictions for the Future
In the near future, (can you see what year), the number of 65 + year old Canadians will surpass the number of 15 and under group
How will this affect Canada?
-strain on health care
-enough pension money (present and future)
-facilities

10. Why are we seeing this problem?
This aging trend is not just a problem in Canada, but in most developed countries.
Why are we seeing this problem?
Decrease in fertility
Increase in life expectancy
USA
But we are seeing the opposite problem in developing countries, trending towards young
Nigeria
Why are we seeing this problem?

11. Education Without High School 24% OSSD 25% University Degree 23%
Population 15 years and over by highest certificate, diploma or degree, by age groups (2006 Census)
Without High School
High School
(OSSD)
Trade Certificate
College Diploma
University Degree
Total
Canada
6,098,325
6,553,420
2,785,420
4,435,140
5,791,915
25,664,220
Per Cent
100 24 25 11 17 23
So how much education does the avg CDN have?
Without High School 24%
OSSD 25%
Trade Certificate 11%
University Degree 23%
College Diploma 17%

12. Population 15 years and over by highest degree, certificate or diploma (1986 to 2006 Census)
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population. Last modified:
1986
1991
1996
2001
2006
number
Total
19,634,100
21,304,740
22,628,925
23,901,360
25,664,220
No degree, certificate or diploma
9,384,100
8,639,900
8,331,615
7,935,075
6,098,325
High school graduation certificate
3,985,820
4,967,330
5,217,205
5,499,885
6,553,420
Trades certificate or diploma
1,969,650
2,342,105
2,372,000
2,598,925
2,785,420
College certificate or diploma
2,034,465
2,494,460
3,181,845
3,578,400
4,435,140
Diploma below bachelor level
381,585
441,200
525,565
601,425
1,136,145
Bachelor's degree
1,254,250
1,585,775
1,979,465
2,411,475
2,981,465
Diploma above bachelor level
189,000
264,845
310,820
382,955
493,540
Medical degree
74,945
90,835
105,050
122,535
136,845
Master's degree
293,335
394,750
501,505
642,055
866,975
Earned doctorate
66,950
83,545
103,855
128,625
176,945

13. Levels of Education by Location in Canada

14. Income
income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings received... in a given period of time

15. Average Income

16. Income We know that a good education will help you get a good job.
But for females, it doesn’t seem to matter.
Even today, women are paid on average less than males.

17. Median Earnings 2005 between men & women

18. Income

19. Income differences
So what are some possible reason for this difference?
Women must take time off from careers to be mothers
Typical female jobs are often undervalued
More women work part-time then men
More big paying companies run by males

20. Language
Language is considered to be a mode of communication exclusive to humans and mother tongue is the first language spoken from birth.

21. Language
If we were to examine the mother tongues of Canadians from East to West, what would we see as being an average Canadian’s language spoken from birth?
Mother Tongue for Both Sexes for Canada (% distribution)
Province
Mother Tongue (%)
English
French
Eng + Fr
Other
Canada
59.3
22.7
0.4
22.6
Ontario
71.6
4.4
23.7
Quebec
8.0
81.2
0.8
10.0
Newfoundland
98.4
0.1
1.1
British Columbia
74.1
1.5
0.2
24.3

22. Language

23. LANGUAGE
-English
-French
-French and English
-Other
What can we now say about language and mother tongue of Canada?

24. Ethnicity
Canada has been called a “cultural mosaic.” We embrace cultures and do not force their assimilation into previously held belief systems. Instead we champion multiculturalism to create a unique Canadiana.

25. Ethnicity
After Canadian, the other most frequently reported origins in the 2006 census,were English, French, Scottish, Irish, German, Italian, Chinese, North American Indian and Ukrainian.
16.2% of Canada’s total population are of a visible minorities.
South Asians surpassed Chinese as the largest visible minority group in Chinese and Blacks were respectively, the second and third largest visible minority groups.

26. Distribution of Visible Minorities

27. Ethnicity

29. Population Distribution
Where do most Canadians live?
More than four out of five Canadian are living in urban areas
Has it always been this way?

30. Proportion of the population living in rural areas, Canada, 1851 to 2011

31. Which province has the most urban/rural setting?
Population of Provinces in Urban and Rural Setting (% Distribution)

32. Age pyramid of the Canadian population living in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in 2006

33. Where are the old and the young Canadians concentrated in our country?

34. Who is the average Canadian?
So can you answer the question:
Who is the average Canadian?
Is it an easy question to answer?
Will this answer change in the future?