The Demography of Alberta Traditional Foci of Demography
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
Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different? • Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration (Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)
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)
An Half Century of Population Growth in Alberta
Annual Population Growth Rate, Alberta, 1951 -2001 Note wild fluctuations, which pose difficulties for planning and budgeting. SOURCE: Statistics Canada, CANSIM II, Vector 15
Growth of a Boom Town: Fort Mc. Murray, 1951 -2002
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)
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: //www 12. statcan. ca/english/census 01/Products/Analytic/companion/age/ewt 2. cfm
Number of Births in Alberta, 1946 -2001
Total Fertility Rate, Alberta, Sask. & Cda, 1921 -2001
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)
Mortality: Life Expectancy • Life expectancy is greater in Alberta than in any other province except Sask.
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)
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)
Population Composition: Visible Minorities in the Cities • Click here for 1996 data
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 Distribution: Size and Growth of Cities City Calgary Edmonton Red Deer Lethbridge St. Albert Medicine Hat 1996 Pop. 2001 Pop. % Change 768, 082 616, 306 60, 080 63, 053 46, 888 46, 783 Ft. Mc. M-Wood Buf 35, 213 Grande Prairie 31, 353 878, 866 666, 104 67, 707 67, 374 53, 081 51, 249 41, 466 36, 983 14. 4 8. 1 12. 7 6. 9 13. 2 9. 5 18. 0
Population Distribution: Size and Growth of Large Towns City/Town 1996 Pop. 2001 Pop. % Change Airdrie Spruce Grove Leduc Camrose 15, 946 14, 271 14346 13, 728 Lloydminster (Alta) 11, 317 Ft. Saskatchewan 12, 408 Cochrane 7, 424 Okotoks 8, 528 Brooks 10, 093 20, 382 15, 983 15, 032 14, 854 27. 8 12. 0 4. 8 8. 2 13, 148 13, 121 16. 2 5. 7 11, 798 11, 664 11, 604 58. 9 36. 8 15. 0
Population Distribution: Size of Selected Other Towns Town 1996 Pop. 2001 Pop. % Change Wetaskiwin Canmore High River Drumheller Strathmore Banff Sylvan Lake 10, 959 8, 354 7, 359 7, 833 5, 314 6, 098 5, 184 11, 154 10, 792 9, 345 7, 785 7, 621 7, 135 7, 493 1. 8 29. 2 27. 0 - 0. 6 43. 4 17. 0 44. 5
Alberta’s Twelve Fastest Growing Communities, 1996 -2001 59 % 45 % 43 % 37 % 29 % 28 % 17 % 16 % 15 % 14 % Cochrane Sylvan Lake Strathmore Okotoks Canmore Airdrie Grande Prairie Banff Lloydminster Stoney Plain Brooks Calgary (Calg. ) (Edm. ) (Calg. )
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)
Labour Force Participation Rate, Alberta and Canada, 1976 -2001
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 30 th wedding anniversary. • http: //www. statcan. ca/Daily/English/021202 /d 021202 f. htm
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