Title: Urban impacts of socio-demographic change in Canada
Description: This paper represents Canada's contribution to the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) project on "Urban Impacts of Technological and Socio-Demographic Change", Theme A: Urban Impacts of Socio-demographic Change. While socio-demographic trends and corresponding data are provided for single-person and single-parent households, the primary focus of this paper is on the effects of an aging population. The paper is divided into sections, corresponding to the general outline prepared by the OECD, as follows: (1) Introduction (2) General Socio-Demographic Trends (3) Impacts of an Aging Population (4) Policy and Program Responses (5) Program Implementation (6) Financing Strategies (7) Urban/Regional Data on Socio-Demographic Change (8) Conclusions (9) Appendices and (10) Bibliography.
Subjects: Older people, Social conditions
Places: Canada