Canada 2050 By: Amanpreet Chahal
Introduction
We never know what can happen in the future. But, we can always predict what happens so we can never be sure. No one knows what the future has in store for us.
Demographic, Immigrants, and First Nations
In between 2006-2011, around 1,162,900 foreign people immigrated to Canada. These immigrants made up 17.2% of the total foreign-born population and 3.5% of the total population in Canada. Nearly 2,155,000 immigrants live in Canada. Many First Nations people live in Ontario and the western provinces, but they make up most proportion of the total population of the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Demographic
Canada’s population will increase or decrease it depends on the amount of immigrants and natural factors such as birth and death rates.
The Canadians over the age of 60 are projected to rise to about 28.5%, by 2030. By 2050, 31% nearly a third of all Canadians will be elderly. By 2063, Canada’s population could reach between 40 million and 63.5 million people.
However, Canada's population growth is expected to fall off somewhat, mainly because of a decline in natural increase. From 1851 to 1900, the population grew slowly by a few million. In the first half of the twentieth century (1901 to 1945), despite the two world wars, the growth rate generally accelerated, notably because of the settlement of Western Canada. Owing to the baby-boom and strong immigration, the second half of the twentieth century saw the Canadian population grow at an even faster pace.
I predict that in the year 2050, the population will increase as the years pass by and maybe it will increase after 2050, too or decrease.
Immigrants
Throughout the years there has been a lot of people immigrating to our country. All of Canada is filled up with immigrants.
Canada currently draws approximately 220,000 people a year through immigration. More recently, between 2001 and 2006, Canada's population grew at an average rate of approximately 1.0%, mainly owing to strong immigration. In 2011, Canada had a foreign-born population of about 6,775,800 people. They represented 20.6% of the total population, the highest proportion among the G8 countries.
Around 2030, deaths are expected to start outnumbering births. From that point forward, immigration would be the only growth factor for the Canadian population.
Asia (including the Middle East) was Canada's largest source of immigrants during the past five years, although the share of immigration from Africa, Caribbean, Central and South America increased slightly. The majority of the foreign-born population live in four provinces: Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta, and most lived in the nation's largest urban centres.
There are immigrants that are coming to Canada for different purposes or reasons. Some are: Business Immigrants, Family Immigrants or Permanent Resident Status.
The immigrants are going to keep coming to Canada so the population of the immigrants is going to increase.
First Nations
More than 1.4 million people identified themselves as an Aboriginal person in 2011
I think First Nations population is maybe going to increase a bit in 2050.
Audio
In the year 2050, my life is going to be different because Canada is going to change as the years pass. People everyday change this world and make it a better world to live in. I predict the demographic, immigrants, and first nation’s people are going to increase by 2050. In 2050, there is going to be more of everything, such as, technologies, buildings, and more resources.
Conclusion
I predict as the years pass that the demography, immigrants, and the first nation's people increase by 2050. Canada is going to be a better place to live as the years pass.