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 |
Canada in International | 213 |
Chapter 16 | 227 |
Chapter 17 | 243 |
POPULATION COMPOSITION | 251 |
Chapter 19 | 269 |
Chapter 20 | 283 |
Chapter 21 | 297 |
Chapter 22 | 311 |
Narrowing Sex Differential in Life Expectancy in Canada | 127 |
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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