CBC News - Latest census reveals data on how quickly Canada's population is ageing

"We've known about the data for a long time. I think we have always decided to prioritize other populations and other needs earlier. I don't blame us as a country - when we created Medicare in 1966, the average Canadian was 27 years of age and most Canadians didn't live beyond their 60s. So while other countries started realizing that their populations were ageing, Canada kept prioritizing other things and now we need to play a game of catch up," says Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research.