The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in PopulationRoderic P. Beaujot, Donald W. Kerr Canadian society is rapidly changing. This concise, up-to-date volume masterfully captures this change. Edited by two of Canada's leading demographers, Roderic Beaujot and Don Kerr, this book is an exciting entry in Canadian population studies, drawing from a variety of disciplines, including sociology, geography, economics, history, and epidemiology. The Changing Face of Canada is an essential text for demography courses across the country. Each reading has been meticulously edited and concisely ordered into five essential sections:
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Contents
Preface | 9 |
FERTILITY | 25 |
Chapter 8 | 30 |
Chapter 3 | 43 |
Chapter 4 | 59 |
Chapter 5 | 71 |
MORTALITY | 87 |
Chapter 7 | 101 |
Chapter 15 | 213 |
Chapter 16 | 227 |
Chapter 17 | 243 |
POPULATION COMPOSITION | 251 |
Chapter 19 | 269 |
Chapter 20 | 283 |
Chapter 21 | 297 |
Chapter 22 | 306 |
A Comparison of U S and Canadian Mortality in 1998 | 117 |
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION | 141 |
Chapter 11 | 159 |
Chapter 13 | 181 |
Chapter 14 | 197 |
Chapter 23 | 329 |
Canadian Population Estimates 19712005 | 339 |
References | 351 |
Copyright Acknowledgments | 383 |
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20th century abortion age group aged 65 American Asia baby boom behaviour Bélanger born abroad born in Canada British Columbia Canadian population Canadian-born cancer causes of death Census chapter children per woman cohabitation cohort common-law unions contraception countries cultural decades demographic transition Development differential diversity Don Kerr earnings economic elderly estimates ethnic groups ethnic mobility Europe European factors female fertility decline fertility level fertility of immigrant Figure globalization higher immigrant women immigration policy impact income increase international migration Inuit labour force labour market living male marriage Montreal mortality rates older origin Ottawa patterns percent percentage period permission of Statistics population aging population growth Population Projections proportion provinces Quebec ratio recent immigrants refugee regions relative Reprinted by permission residential segregation scenario social society Source Statistics Canada status Indians Table Toronto total fertility rate transition trends U.S. Census Bureau UNECE Vancouver visible minority women born