Canada’s oldest age group is also its fastest-growing

PopulationDemography
Written By Henry Dang

Released: Friday, August 15, 2025

As of 2024, there were 11,672 Canadians aged at least 100. According to Statistics Canada, this age group is the fastest-growing in Canada, having more than tripled between 2000 and 2024. Women are more likely to reach the century mark. In 2024, four of five centenarians were women. However, the share of men in this exclusive group has outgrown women over the past 25 years. In 2000, men represented 15% of all those at least 100 years old, and by 2024, their share jumped to 18%. Meanwhile, the share of women over 100 dropped by 3 percentage points.

 

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