Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1902 — Canada’s Septuagenarians. [ARTICLE]

Canada’s Septuagenarians.

The census department has issued a bulletin on ages, which shows that there are 1,321 more cki’drea under five years In Quebec than in Ontario, although the latter is one-third larger in population than Quebec. Since 1871 there has been a remarkable decrease in the proportion of infants in Ontario and Prince Edward Island, but, whatever the cause of the decrease in the number so children-may he, the census commission remarks that It is obviously not a decrease in the number of married population. The provinces showing the largest proportion over 70 years are Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario. Out of every thousand In Canade thirty people are over 70 years of age and 234 arq children up to 9 years. The largest proportion of children under 10 Is in the Northwest and Quebec, with Manitoba closely following.—Halifax Mail.