This report measures how demographic changes, particularly to immigration levels or fertility rates, might reduce some of the economic and fiscal costs of an aging Canadian population.
A Long-Term View of Canada’s Changing Demographics: Are Higher Immigration Levels an Appropriate Response to Canada’s Aging Population?
A Long-Term View of Canada’s Changing Demographics: Are Higher Immigration Levels an Appropriate Response to Canada’s Aging Population?
Canadian Economic Analysis
Immigration Research and Policy
$0.00
- Five long-term population scenarios, each with different assumptions about immigration or fertility rates, explore the assumptions’ impact on the size and age structure of the population through to 2100.
- Net migration will be the key driver of any future population growth.
- The labour market will be affected by the retirement of the baby boomers whose weaker household spending will contribute to a decline in real GDP growth.
- Increasing the population will slow the pace of overall population aging but will not reverse its economic consequences. A larger population will, however, help to cushion the impact.
- The aging population will have a major effect on health care and retirement support programs (such as OAS). The share of government revenues needed to fund health care and OAS under the different scenarios is examined—provincial governments’ budgets will be significantly strained over the next 20 to 30 years.
Customers Who Downloaded This Also Liked
10 min read
14 min read
10 min read
10 min read
Require an accessible version of this research?
Upon request, Signal49 Research offers accessible versions of research. Please contact us to request your accessible version.
Learn more about our accessibility policies.
Effective January 26, 2026, AERIC Inc./Signal49 Research discontinued use of ‘The Conference Board of Canada’ name, logo and branding, which had been used by AERIC Inc./Signal49 Research under license from The Conference Board, Inc. The Conference Board, Inc. and its licensees, which are not affiliated with Signal49 Research, own all right, title and interest in THE CONFERENCE BOARD name and trademarks in Canada and have the exclusive right to their use in Canada since January 26, 2026.
