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The Demography of Alberta

The Demography of Alberta. Traditional Foci of Demography Migration Fertility Mortality (& Morbidity) Expanded Foci of Demography Population Size and Growth Age Distribution of the Population Spatial Distribution Population Composition Population Behaviour (rates)

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The Demography of Alberta

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  1. The Demography of Alberta • Traditional Foci of Demography Migration Fertility Mortality (& Morbidity) • Expanded Foci of Demography Population Size and Growth Age Distribution of the Population Spatial Distribution Population Composition Population Behaviour (rates) Population Characteristics

  2. Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

  3. Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller) • Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern (total province & certain communities)

  4. An Half Century ofPopulation Growth in Alberta

  5. Annual Population Growth Rate, Alberta, 1951-2001 Note wild fluctuations, which pose difficulties for planning and budgeting. SOURCE: Statistics Canada, CANSIM II, Vector 15

  6. Growth of a Boom Town:Fort McMurray, 1951-2002

  7. Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller) • Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern (total province & certain communities) • Youthfulness: Median age (low) & Fertility (high)

  8. Alberta’s Youthfulness: Median Age Alberta has the youngest median age (35.0 years in 2001) of any of the provinces and is 2.6 years below the median for all of Canada. • Click here for Median Age by Province, 1996 and 2001 http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/age/ewt2.cfm

  9. Number of Births in Alberta, 1946-2001

  10. Total Fertility Rate, Alberta, Sask. & Cda, 1921-2001

  11. Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller) • Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern (total province & certain communities) • Youthfulness: Median age (low) & Fertility (high) • Mortality: Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high)

  12. Mortality: Life Expectancy • Life expectancy is greater in Alberta than in any other province except Sask.

  13. Mortality: Suicide • Mean Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, 1989-92 Canada Alberta Males 20.16 25.94 Females 5.34 7.81 • See also: Suicide Rates in Canada & Alberta, Selected Years (Click here)

  14. Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller) • Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern (total province & certain communities) • Youthfulness: Median age (low) & Fertility (high) • Mortality: Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high) • Population Composition: Visible Minorities in Cities (high pct)

  15. Population Composition:Visible Minorities in the Cities • Click here for 1996 data

  16. Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller) • Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern (total province & certain communities) • Youthfulness (Median age & CBR) • Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high) • Population Composition: Visible Minorities in Cities (high pct) • Population Distribution: (two large cities)

  17. Population Distribution:Size and Growth of Cities City1996 Pop.2001 Pop.% Change Calgary 768,082 878,866 14.4 Edmonton 616,306 666,104 8.1 Red Deer 60,080 67,707 12.7 Lethbridge 63,053 67,374 6.9 St. Albert 46,888 53,081 13.2 Medicine Hat 46,783 51,249 9.5 Ft. McM-Wood Buf 35,213 41,466 18.0 Grande Prairie 31,353 36,983 18.0

  18. Population Distribution:Size and Growth of Large Towns City/Town1996 Pop.2001 Pop.% Change Airdrie 15,946 20,382 27.8 Spruce Grove 14,271 15,983 12.0 Leduc 14346 15,032 4.8 Camrose 13,728 14,854 8.2 Lloydminster (Alta) 11,317 13,148 16.2 Ft. Saskatchewan 12,408 13,121 5.7 Cochrane 7,424 11,798 58.9 Okotoks 8,528 11,664 36.8 Brooks 10,093 11,604 15.0

  19. Population Distribution:Size of Selected Other Towns Town1996 Pop.2001 Pop.% Change Wetaskiwin 10,959 11,154 1.8 Canmore 8,354 10,792 29.2 High River 7,359 9,345 27.0 Drumheller 7,833 7,785 - 0.6 Strathmore 5,314 7,621 43.4 Banff 6,098 7,135 17.0 Sylvan Lake 5,184 7,493 44.5

  20. Alberta’s Twelve Fastest Growing Communities, 1996-2001 59 % Cochrane (Calg.) 45 % Sylvan Lake 43 % Strathmore (Calg.) 37 % Okotoks (Calg.) 29 % Canmore 28 % Airdrie (Calg.) 18 % Grande Prairie 17 % Banff 16 % Lloydminster 16 % Stoney Plain (Edm.) 15 % Brooks 14 % Calgary (Calg.)

  21. Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller) • Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern (total province & certain communities) • Youthfulness (Median age & CBR) • Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high) • Population Composition: Visible Minorities in Cities (high pct) • Population Distribution: (two large cities) • Population Behaviours: Labour Force Participation Rate (high) Divorce Rate (high)

  22. Labour Force Participation Rate, Alberta and Canada, 1976-2001

  23. Population Behaviour:Divorce Rates • Alberta has one of the highest divorce rates of any province in Canada: As of 2000, 41.5 % of Alberta marriages (vs 37.7 % of all marriages in Canada) do not make it to their 30th wedding anniversary . • http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/021202/d021202f.htm

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