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Canada’s Population Could Increase to 57M by 2068, Posing Challenges for Housing, Health Care

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As Canada's population is set to become larger and older in the decades to come amid high immigration and low fertility, experts say these trends have huge implications for our housing and health care needs.

report from Statistics Canada released on Monday projects Canada's population could reach 47.8 million in 2043 and 56.5 million by 2068 under a medium-growth scenario. Other population projection scenarios say Canada's population could grow to anywhere between 44.9 million and 74.0 million in 2068.

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  • Date

    Aug 24, 2022

  • By

    Tom Yun

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