Census Metropolitan Area: Saskatoon

Census Information Dept: The census showed that 31,585 people in what's known as the census metropolitan area of Saskatoon were aged 65 or older. The ratio of 12.1 per cent of the population compares to a national average of 14.8 and a provincial average of 14.9 per cent, according to CTV. Statistics Canada uses the term census metropolitan area to describe any area with a population of at least 100,000, where the urban core of that area has at least 50,000 people. Looking at metropolitan areas this way takes in to account the growing impact of suburban areas on Canada's largest cities and newly released census information on age and sex makes it clear that Canadian society is getting older. The data released Tuesday comes from census forms filled out May 10, 2011 - a moment in time when the first of the baby boom generation was turning 65. Five years ago, the 2006 census showed that 12.4 per cent of the metropolitan population of Saskatoon were seniors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.