Canada's Millennials Just Pushed The Baby Boomers Aside & Here's Which Gen You Belong To
This is a first in 65 years.
People in Grange Park in downtown Toronto with Art Gallery of Ontario building in background.
Statistics Canada says there are more millennials than baby boomers, marking a first in the country in 65 years.
In a report released on Tuesday, the federal agency noted the baby boomer generation became the largest in the population in 1958 and continued to stay that way, until now.
According to Statistics Canada, millennials officially outnumbered baby boomers in Canada as of July 1, 2023.
The average age of the Canadian population fell from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, for the first time since 1958.
However, the agency adds that the number and proportion of people 65 years old and older have continued to go up.
The federal agency says from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, baby boomers made up about 40% of Canada's population. The "demographic weight" of millennials will never reach the level of baby boomers and Statistics Canada says it will peak at its current level of 23%.
The agency adds the country's population is aging and a reason for the decline of baby boomers, but the increase of millennials is also due to an increase of permanent and temporary immigrants.
In its report, Statistics Canada also highlights that millennials are not the only generation to have increased their "demographic weight" from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023. Generation Z has also gone up and is now the third-largest generation in the country, exceeding Gen X.
It looks like millennials won't be the top generation for too long.
Statistics Canada says that based on the "latest population projections," Gen Z could "overtake millennials" in numbers by 2038.
If you're wondering which Gen you belong to, here's the breakdown:
- Baby boomers: People born between 1946 and 1965
- Generation X: People born between 1966 and 1980
- Millennials (also known as Generation Y): People born between 1981 and 1996
- Generation Z: People born between 1997 and 2012
- Generation Alpha: People born since 2013
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