Demographics

 

The Older Adults Needs Assessment undertaken by the City of Edmonton and Age Friendly Edmonton focuses on issues specific to the needs of older adults in Edmonton, including participation in activities, volunteering, technology use, intergenerational connectedness, social isolation and loneliness, safety and financial security, aging-in-place, and ageism.

Older Adults Needs Assessment Highlight Report and Final Report (2016)

Older Adults Needs Assessment Highlight Report and Final Report (2019)

Data from the 2016 Canadian census focusing on seniors

Atlas of the Aging Population of Canada (The Geographies of Aging Projects Lab at Queen’s University)

Ageing in Cities Policy Highlights Brief and Book (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, April 2015)

Edmonton Municipal Census data

United States of Aging Survey (National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), the National Council on Aging and UnitedHealthcare, 2015)

A Portrait of Seniors In Canada (Statistics Canada, 2006)

Canada’s Aging Population: The Municipal Role in Canada’s Demographic Shift (Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2013)