Statistics Canada: A Portrait of Canadian Seniors
This report depicts the demographic characteristics, health andwellness, living arrangements, social networks and socialparticipation, security from crime and victimization, work patterns andrelated activities, income and expenditures, and lifestyles of thepopulation aged 65 and over. It examines many of these issues, wheredata allow, in terms of different age groups within the seniorpopulation, for example those aged 65 to 74 and those aged 85 and over.Information are also presented for individuals in the 55 to 64 agerange. The report also includes a chapter on Aboriginal seniors and a chapter on immigrant seniors. It presents the most comprehensive statistical picture of the situationof Canada’s senior population with data drawn from a wide array ofsources including the census, as well as other surveys such as theNational Population Health Survey, General Social Survey, CanadianCommunity Health Survey, and Survey of Labour and Income dynamics.
Thanks to Laura Watts of the Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies for bringing this to my attention.