Older-age dependency ratio · July 1 data tables

Canada · annual · people per 100 people aged 15–64 · July 1 snapshot; not seasonally adjusted

Calculated as people aged 65 and older divided by people aged 15–64, multiplied by 100. July 1 population snapshot, not an annual average; the December key encodes the reference year, not a December observation. People aged 15–64 are not workers and people aged 65+ are not necessarily retirees. The three dependency ratios share denominators and the combined ratio is the sum of the child and older ratios, creating structural relationships. One held source edition supplies the entire history; no forecast, fiscal-cost or structural-break claim. Inputs are table 17-10-0005-01, Canada, total gender, vectors v466956 (0–14), v466971 (15–64) and v466686 (65+).

Countability page snapshot: 2026-11-11. Countability arithmetic from whole-person issuer counts; displayed decimal ratios do not add source precision. No interpolation or filling.

Published Countability table. Adapted from Statistics Canada — Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender (17-10-0005-01); reference periods 1971 to 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Statistics Canada — Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender. Input captured: 2026-10-04. Table release: 2026-09-23.

Archived table metadata captured with the data; not a per-observation revision date.