CAPITALE : Ottawa, 769 900 habitants (1985).
Lb : anglais et français (langues officielles).
POPULATION: Total- 25,400,000 (1985)
Annual growth: l.l% (279,400) (1980-85)
Doubling time: 91 yrs. .
Urban: 76% (1985) (est. for year 2000: 79%)
Rural: 24%
AGE GROUPS: (1980)
7% less than 5 yrs.
22% less than 15
31% Jess than 20
35% from 20 to 39
21% from 40 to 59
14% 60 yrs. and over
ETHNIC GROUPS: (1981)
The majority is white, of European descent.
Indigenous Indians: 2%
ETHNIC GROUPS
Mestizo and Ladinized Indian: 47%
Indian: 43%
FAMILY
Marital status, for population 15 yrs. and older: (1980)
Single: 26%
Married: 61%
Widowed: 10%
Divorced: 3%
Single-parent familles: 11% (female: 83%; male: 17%) (1980)
Fertility rate: 1.7 (1985)
Births out of wedlock: no data
Teenage births: 8% (1982)
Contraception: 73% (1985)
Abortions: 18/100 live births (1980)
Govemment’ s position on family planning: Has no national population policy deliberately aimed at influencing the population growth rate. No attempt has yet been made to influence fertility, since it is considered a matter of individual choice; the country has never had a national fertility survey.
HOUSING
Persons per household: 2.9 (1981)
Electricity: No data, but it can be assumed that almost all Canadians have access to electricity.
Access to safe water: No data, but it can be assumed that almost ali Canadians have access to safe water.
Source of water: (1981)
Piped inside: 99.5%
Not piped: 0.5%
Toilet facilities: (1981)
Flush: 98%
Other: 2%
Building materials: No data. The majority of houses are made of a mixture of wood and brick and are insulated against the cold weather.
SOCIAL INDICATORS
Life expectancy: 76 yrs. (male: 72; female: 79) (1980 -85)
Infant mortality: 9/1,000 births (1980-85)
Crude birth rate: 15/1,000 pop. (1980- 85)
Crude death rate: 7/1,000
Health:
Access to health services: no data, but it can be assumed that almost ali Canadians have access tom edical care.
Births attended by trained health personnel: 100% (1984)
EDUCATION
Literacy: 99%
Gross enrollment ratio: (1983)
First level: 106% (completing in 1980-84: 98%)
Second: 102%
Third: 44%
Educational attainment, for population 15 yrs. + :(1981)
None: 2%
First level: 19%
Second: 50% (incomplete and complete)
Third: 32%
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economically active population: 65% (male: 77%;female: 54%) (1985)
Agriculture: 5.5% act. pop.; 4% of GDP
Mines: 8.5% act. pop.; 10% of GDP
Industry: 17% act. pop.; 19% of GDP
Services: 69% act. pop.; 67% of GDP
Per capita GNP: 13,680 U.S.$ (1985)
Population in absolute poverty: no data
National currency/per U.S.$: 1.37 Canadian dollar (1985)
Principal resources: Wheat, barley, Petroleum, natural gas, coal, uranium
COMMUNICATIONS
Radio:Transmitters: 1,540 (1983)
Receivers: 20,551,000- 825/1,000 pop. (1983)
Television:
Transmitters: 2,131 (1983)
Receivers: 11,976,000- 481/1,000 pop. (1983)