B.C.’s aging population a ‘wake-up call’ for health-care system, advocates say

Advocates in British Columbia are calling new data from Canada’s 2021 census a “wake-up call” to government to take action now or face a health-care crisis amid an aging population.

The data, released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, found people 85 years of age and older are the fastest-growing age group in the country.

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