My Life In Canada In 2050 Vanessa.T
Introduction
This report is based on what my life will be like in Canada in the year 2050. Immigration, demography and First Nations are the main topics I will be focusing on. Compared to my parents life, my life as an adult will be very different in many ways. I will live in a more diverse environment, even though we are already diverse immigration will play a big role in the changes of our lifestyles in the future along with birth and death rates. When many of the baby boomers become elderly this will create a shuffle in our manufacturing and jobs. Read on to learn more about my predictions for the future!
Immigration
Types of Immigrants
- Refugees
- Skilled workers
- Business immigrants
- Family
- Permanent Residence status
- There will be a decrease in labour workers by 1.2 million because of baby boomers becoming elderly. The country must attract workers but they have to compete with the U.K and U.S for immigrants. Currently Canada draws 220K people a year but this number must double to stay at a stable population. Canadians are having too small of families, each women needs two children to keep the population steady. Some push and pull factors that may make people want to come or leave Canada could be things such as...
- Health Care
- Economy
- Jobs
- Homes
My predictions for Canada's immigration in the future
- Canada will need to promote big families
- Majority will be elderly so that will be their target audience for products
- There will be many new jobs open this will promote education
- There will be financial aids for families with young children because thats a reason why families in Canada are so small
- Our immigrants may come from different minority places such as Africa in 2050
- As seen in the chart below there will be a higher diversity rate and Canada will be made up of plenty of minorities. Also the population will go from a low number to going higher because of Canada's efforts to keep the immigration in and the population up
This video supports my P.O.V because it mentions things that I also believe to do with Canada. The diversity and immigration rates of Canada are very important for the growth of our country.
Population
There is a growning numner of seniors and movement to Western Canada. By 2063 the population could reach 40-60 million. At this time baby boomers will have reached retirement.
This change in population will create...
• Shortage of labour
• Buisnesses needing to change
• Health care workforce will need support
Ontario will remain the most populated but Albertas population growth will be the highest in the country. Places like B.C, Ontario and Quebec will grow because of immigration where as Saskatchewan and Alberta will grow because on migration from other provinces. A third of all Canadians will become elderly.
Things that influence the population
- Agricultural Revolution
- Industrial Revolution
- Green Revolution
- Education of women
- Birth control
In 2050 Canada will have more jobs available in the health care section. The number of elderly will be majority so this will create many new opportunities for younger people. Companies with employees they've had for a while will have to think about hiring new ones because even if the worker is not elderly as of yet chances are that they have elderly family memebers they have to look out for and take to the doctors if anythings wrong. Therefore this will create a decrease in work that they are getting done.
Birth Death and Natural Increase Rate
From 2051-2061 the natural increase growth rate will be approx. 0.1%. The approximate birthrate in 2050 will be 500k and the death rate will be 450k. As migratory increase gets bigger natural increase decreases. Many populations are replenished by natural increase or immigration.
First Nations
Ottawa should be proactive and help aboriginals to relocate to where they can find jobs and get education. If they do not then there is no say in how they will survive in the future because that is a very important part in our society. The law should treat aboriginals like everyone else. They are striving for more control of their land and some are going through poverty. There are many aboriginal protestors so change will happen soon. The Indian Act has denied the aboriginals many things.
Change In Lifestyle
There are over 700k aboriginals in Canada. Many of them are older. They have moved out of reserves to urban centres. Majority live in large metropolitan areas such as Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
My Predictions
- More acceptance of aboriginals in the workforce
- Smaller population of aboriginals
- Aboriginals moving to different areas in Canada
- More aboriginals working and being treated equal
Conclusion
In conclusion by 2050 Canada will be alot different then it is today. Even the amount and diversity of the people will be differenr. Along with the jobs, settlement, housing and income. One of the biggest changes will be the death rate increasingincredibly high but Canada can fix that by birth rate and immigration.
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