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B.C. Snapshot

GOING FOR THE OLD

Anyone considering a career or opening a business to serve B.C.'s growing need for seniors' care will want to look at these numbers from provincial numbers cruncher BC Stats. They show the per cent of population aged 65 years and older in various regions of the province.

PER CENT OF POPULATION 65 AND OLDER, 2006*

Okanagan 19.7

Central Vancouver Island 18.3

South Vancouver Island 17.4

Kootenay Boundary 17.0

Thompson Cariboo 14.7

North Shore/

Coast Garibaldi 14.6

East Kootenay 14.5

North Vancouver Island 13.9

Fraser East 13.9

Richmond 13.8

Vancouver 13.1

Fraser South 12.1

Fraser North 11.8

Northern Interior 9.3

Northwest 8.6

Northeast 7.8

*projected

Source: BC Stats