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Millennials overtake baby boomers as Canada’s top generation

Millennials have overtaken baby boomers as the dominant generation in Canada for the first time, thanks to an immigration surge, the national statistical agency said Wednesday. The demographic change, noted last July but only now reported by Statistics Canada, also saw the proportion of the population aged 15 to 64 years increase — easing concerns of a looming major labour shortage as large numbers of boomers retire. “This change may benefit Canadian society by increasing […]