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This is the fifth year introducing Grade 11 students to demographic trends and possible future scenarios.
The method and data provided were not the method and data used to create population estimates and forecasts used in turn to justify public school closures, as well as to determine Finance Canada's equalization payments. Why the Population Projection Project was developed video, 12 minutes
West Coast Population Change and the population projection for the Alberni Clayquot Census Division (Regional District). Click on the Age Distribution Animation to 2061 (chart).
See Elementary enrolment on the rise.
See Population Projections Methods for Community Members
"A "Population Projections Program", will also provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate skills and attitudes of active citizenship, such as ethical behaviour, open-mindedness, respect for diversity, and collaboration."
Presentation at Town of Qualicum Beach town hall/council meeting
Qualicum School District Facilities Review Information Sessions, presented by, and for, concerned citizens. "Population Change and Fluctuating Enrolment"
The Royal Society call asks "What are the strengths and weaknesses of different population modelling methodologies.
Both BC Statistics and Statistics Canada use different population methods and models to estimate population, by single year of age and sex at the regional level. Read the proposal ....
Are you interested in official community plans, business or market planning, sustainability planning, enviromental impacts resulting from human activity, or just opening or closing public or private facilities, then you will likely need to talk about population change.
For All You Population Geography Enthusiasts, here is the outline sketch of the First Class
This area is unique in Canada. It has the oldest population (median age continues to rise - ~60 in 2006 to ~65 in 2011) in the country and will lead Canada into a very different population composition. We should all be looking at demographics and know more about our population make-up, perhaps even as much as we know about hockey statistics. More importantly, when will the next bust occur?
How does Parksville/Qualicum reflect global population change? It leads Canada as an aging population...something the rest of Canada will go through over the next thirty years.
Presentation to Parksville and Qualicum Beach Chambers of Commerce, January 2008. Read more ...