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Canada: Age dependency ratio, young

23.13percent · 2025-3.4% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Annual figures for Canada from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202523.132
202423.216
202323.424
202223.733
202123.935
202024.005
201924.041
201824.085
201724.112
201624.071
201523.957
201423.836
201323.754
201223.714
201123.749
201023.891
200924.112
200824.368
200724.67
200625.066
200525.571
200426.117
200326.63
200227.113
200127.613
200028.139
199928.658
199829.13
199729.535
199629.885
199530.183
199430.421
199330.565
199230.574
199130.5
199030.443
198930.441
198830.49
198730.572
198630.76
198531.108
198431.498
198331.859
198232.254
198132.79
198033.575
197934.629
197835.873
197737.207
197638.601
197540.088
197441.676
197343.353
197245.061
197146.812
197048.75
196950.609
196852.218
196753.802
196655.28
196556.479
196457.343
196357.89
196258.107
196158.004
196057.57

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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