Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Population Change into the 21st Century - Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot
• Section 1: Fertility
• Chapter 2: Fertility Decline and Social Change: New Trends and Challenges - Bali Ram
• Chapter 3: The Northern America Fertility Divide - Barbara Boyle Torrey and Nicholas Eberstadt
• Chapter 4: Women, Priests, and Physicians: Family Limitation in Quebec, 1940-1970 - Diane Gervais and Danielle Gauvreau
• Chapter 5: The Fertility of Immigrant Women and Their Canadian-Born Daughters - Alain Bélanger and Stéphane Gilbert
• Section 2: Mortality
• Chapter 6: 100 Years of Health - Susan Crompton
• Chapter 7: Declining Mortality and Improved Health Status in 20th-Century Quebec: The Benefits of Medicine and Socio-economic Development - Robert Bourbeau and Mélanie Smuga
• Chapter 8: A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Mortality in 1998 - Barbara Boyle Torrey and Carl Haub
• Chapter 9: Narrowing Sex Differential in Life Expectancy in Canada - Frank Trovato
• Section 3: International Migration, Domestic Migration, and Population Distribution
• Chapter 10: 100 Years of Immigration - Monica Boyd and Michael Vickers
• Chapter 11: Globalization, Undocumented Migration, and Unwanted Refugees: Trends, Explanations, and Solutions - Alan B. Simmons
• Chapter 12: What Is the Role of Immigration in Canada's Future? - Alan G. Green
• Chapter 13: The Deteriorating Economic Welfare of Immigrants and Possible Causes: Update 2005 - Garnett Picot and Arthur Sweetman
• Chapter 14: Migration and the Demographic Transformation of Canadian Cities: The Social Geography of Canada's Major Metropolitan Centres in 2017 - Daniel Hiebert
• Section 4: Population Aging
• Chapter 15: Aging and Social Security Program Reforms: Canada in International Perspective - Jacques Légaré
• Chapter 16: Geographic Dimensions of Aging in Canada, 1991-2001 - Eric G. Moore and Michael A. Pacey
• Chapter 17: Misconceptions and Misapprehensions about Population Aging - Ellen M. Gee
• Section 5: Population Composition
• Chapter 18: The Changing Face of Canada: The Uneven Geographies of Population and Social Change - Larry S. Bourne and Demaris Rose
• Chapter 19: Changes in Conjugal Life in Canada: Is Cohabitation Progressively Replacing Marriage? - Céline Le Bourdais and Évelyn Lapierre-Adamcyk
• Chapter 20: Shifts in Ethnic Origins among the Offspring of Immigrants: Is Ethnic Mobility a Measurable Phenomenon? - Gustave Goldmann
• Chapter 21: From Pre-contact to the Present: The Demography of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada - Donna Maynard and Don Kerr
• Chapter 22: Spatial Residential Patterns of Selected Ethnic Groups: Significance and Policy Implications - T.R. Balakrishnan and Stephan Gyimah
• Chapter 23: Conclusion: Population Change and Policy Implications - Roderic Beaujot and Don Kerr
• Appendix: Canadian Population Estimates (1971-2005) and Projections (2005-2031)

About the Author

Roderic Beaujot is Director of the Population Studies Centre and Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. His research interests include evolving demographics and implications for social policy in areas such as health, family, labour force, multiculturalism, and education.

Don Kerr is a Professor of Sociology at King’s College, University of Western Ontario. His areas of interest are population studies and Canadian demography. His research has focused on population estimates, the Aboriginal population, and the effects of family change on children.

Reviews

This book is well organized and at exactly the right academic level for [undergraduate readers]. It provides a comprehensive look at Canadian demography and should fill a void in Canadian demography readings. The book is well balanced for demography courses in history, sociology, and geography."" - David K. Foot, University of Toronto