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Originally Posted by someone123
Still, a lot of news articles seem to suggest that Atlantic Canada is in extremely rough shape or is going to become depopulated but there isn't much evidence of that from either the population growth or the labour force characteristics. Slow or zero population growth doesn't mean that a place has to be an economic disaster.
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The Doomsday scenarios that are brought up are generally due to the fact that the Maritime provinces are the oldest provinces on average and this will only become worse in the future as baby boomers retire and either:
A) Retire somewhere else;
B) Pass away; or
C) Both of the above
If there are fewer younger people to spur these growth numbers then the
anticipated decline in numbers is expected. If only Atlantic Canada increased immigration numbers....