Canadians born in 2005 will live for an average of 80.4 years. Life expectancy at birth in 2005 was 78.0 years for men and 82.7 years for women. People born in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut had the lowest life expectancy, at 76.3 years. People born in British Columbia had the highest life expectancy, at 81.2 years.

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8.4 percent of Canadians suffer from asthma. Rates are highest in Manitoba (10.4 percent) and lowest in British Columbia (7.4 percent). Females throughout Canada suffer higher rates of asthma than males.

Ontario, with 13 million people, has the largest population of any of Canadian province. Quebec, with 7.8 million people is next most populous. Nunavut, Canada’s largest territory, has an average of just 17 people for every 1,000 square km of territory.

Of Canada’s 34 million people, over 6 million are immigrants. The largest numbers of immigrants arriving in Canada currently come from China, India and the Philippines. 18 percent of Canada’s population are immigrants. 3 million immigrants live in Ontario, 1 million in British Columbia and 700,000 in Quebec.