Canada
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Did you know
Canada has more lake area than any other country, including 563 lakes larger than 100 km². (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 20.3%
- people aged 65 or older
- 8.4M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 25.7%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 24.9 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 25%
- women 30.7%, men 18.6%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 7.7%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2021; UN, 2016 census
Languages
87 languages, 81 of them endangered
- ComoxCritically endangered
- DitidahtCritically endangered
- HaislaCritically endangered
- HänCritically endangered
- Heiltsuk-OowekyalaCritically endangered
- KaskaCritically endangered
- KutenaiCritically endangered
- LillooetCritically endangered
- Maritime Sign LanguageCritically endangered
- MunseeCritically endangered
- Northern HaidaCritically endangered
- Nuu-chah-nulthCritically endangered
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- NuxálkCritically endangered
- OnondagaCritically endangered
- Plains Indian Sign LanguageCritically endangered
- PotawatomiCritically endangered
- SecheltCritically endangered
- SekaniCritically endangered
- SenecaCritically endangered
- ShuswapCritically endangered
- Southern HaidaCritically endangered
- SquamishCritically endangered
- TahltanCritically endangered
- TlingitCritically endangered
- TsimshianCritically endangered
- TsuutʼinaCritically endangered
- Upper TananaCritically endangered
- Western AbnakiCritically endangered
- Babine-Witsuwit'enSeverely endangered
- BlackfootSeverely endangered
- CarrierSeverely endangered
- CayugaSeverely endangered
- ChilcotinSeverely endangered
- DanezaaSeverely endangered
- GitxsanSeverely endangered
- Gwich’inSeverely endangered
- HalkomelemSeverely endangered
- Inuit Sign LanguageSeverely endangered
- KwakʼwalaSeverely endangered
- MichifSeverely endangered
- Nisga’aSeverely endangered
- North Alaskan InupiaqSeverely endangered
- Northern TutchoneSeverely endangered
- OttawaSeverely endangered
- Plains CreeSeverely endangered
- Southern CarrierSeverely endangered
- Southern TutchoneSeverely endangered
- ThompsonSeverely endangered
- AssiniboineDefinitely endangered
- Central OjibwaDefinitely endangered
- ChipewyanDefinitely endangered
- ChippewaDefinitely endangered
- DakotaDefinitely endangered
- Eastern OjibwaDefinitely endangered
- LakotaDefinitely endangered
- Malecite-PassamaquoddyDefinitely endangered
- Mi'kmaqDefinitely endangered
- MohawkDefinitely endangered
- North SlaveyDefinitely endangered
- OkanaganDefinitely endangered
- OneidaDefinitely endangered
- PlautdietschDefinitely endangered
- Quebec Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- South SlaveyDefinitely endangered
- StoneyDefinitely endangered
- Tłı̨chǫDefinitely endangered
- Western OjibwaDefinitely endangered
- AlgonquinVulnerable
- AtikamekwVulnerable
- East CreeVulnerable
- Eastern Canadian InuktitutVulnerable
- Innu-aimunVulnerable
- Moose CreeVulnerable
- NaskapiVulnerable
- Northern East CreeVulnerable
- Northwestern OjibwaVulnerable
- Oji-CreeVulnerable
- Pennsylvania GermanVulnerable
- Swampy CreeVulnerable
- Western Canadian InuktitutVulnerable
- Woods CreeVulnerable
- American Sign Language
- Eastern Yiddish
- English
- French
- Hutterite German
- Pidgin Chinook Jargon
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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