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Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- 1 Summary of Demography in Europe and Canada, 1600-2000 -- 2 Population Statistics and Demographic Research in Canada, 1900- 50 -- 3 Outside the Universities in French- and English- Speaking Canada, 1950- 70 -- 4 Universities in French- and English-Speaking Canada, 1950- 70 -- 5 The Bureau from 1970: Data, Research, and Related Activities -- 6 Universities in French-and English- Speaking Canada from 1970 -- 7 Outside the Bureau and the Universities from 1970 -- 8 Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century -- Appendix A Respondents -- Appendix B Notes on "Race" in Canadian Census Statistics: Historical, Conceptual, and Political Dimensions -- Appendix C Census and Other Monographs -- Appendix D Demolinguistics: Origin, Use, and Definition in Canada -- Notes -- References -- Index.

The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person's life chances, but also the economic and political structures within which that life is lived; the person's access to social and natural resources (food, water, education, jobs, sexual partners); and even the length of that person's life. Demography, literally the study of people, addresses the size, distribution, composition, and density of populations, and considers the impact the drivers which mediate these will have on both individual lives and the changing structure of human populations

This is the third in an essential series of Springer handbooks that explore key aspects of the nexus between demography and social science. With an inclusive international perspective, and founded on the principles of social demography, this handbook shows how the rural population, which recently dropped below 50 per cent of the world total, remains a vital segment of society living in proximity to much-needed developmental and amenity resources. The rich diversity of rural areas shapes the capacity of resident communities to address far-reaching social, environmental and economic challenges. Some will survive, become sustainable and even thrive, while others will suffer rapid depopulation. This handbook demonstrates how these future development trajectories will vary according to local characteristics including, but not limited to, population composition