Learning Activity 3.5, Task 1: Where do I live?

    I live in Cornwall Ontario, and I have a unique demographic profile. Today, I will be going over a demographic explanation of where I live.

    Firstly, we'll look at the age, sex, and ethnicity of those living in Cornwall. As a note, our population reached 50, 000 last month. 

This is our population distribution in terms of age:

Age characteristics
Total - Age groups of the population - 100% data	47,845
0 to 14 years	7,505
0 to 4 years	2,335
5 to 9 years	2,595
10 to 14 years	2,570
15 to 64 years	28,195
15 to 19 years	2,325
20 to 24 years	2,445
25 to 29 years	3,005
30 to 34 years	2,920
35 to 39 years	2,595
40 to 44 years	2,455
45 to 49 years	2,480
50 to 54 years	2,635
55 to 59 years	3,540
60 to 64 years	3,800
65 years and over	12,145
65 to 69 years	3,340
70 to 74 years	3,160
75 to 79 years	2,180
80 to 84 years	1,670
85 years and over	1,800
85 to 89 years	1,080
90 to 94 years	505
95 to 99 years	175
100 years and over	35
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data	100.0

    We can see that most of the population is 65+ years old. We further analyze the distribution of my population in terms of ethnicity:

        This shows non-immigrants make up the majority of Cornwall (though the chart is old, it was the last updated chart). Regarding gender,  males make up 48.2% of the population, while females account for 51.8%. 

     We can begin analyzing how Cornwall has changed over the years. Firstly, there have been more immigration flows from 2016 to 2024, and we can only expect the immigration population by now to have exceeded 7%. Also, I notice a pattern of a lot of young people moving in, which could mean a boost for the population under 65 as opposed to 65+. 

Cornwall Ontario

    Some unique challenges that our demographics present could be our aging population, ethnic diversity, and gender imbalance. Since those in Cornwall are mainly 65 and over, we may face challenges related to healthcare, senior services, or/and aging infrastructure. The need for easily accessible healthcare facilities, affordable housing options for seniors, and programs will likely increase as the population continues to grow older. Our ethnic diversity, if immigration only keep increasing, could mean that there may be significant language and cultural barriers which may require efforts such as special programmes to overcome. The gender imbalance, which seems to not have evened out, may pose another challenge in different employment opportunities, wage gaps, and different resources for both genders. 

    To overcome these challenges, my community has created many significant senior programmes and special PSW healthcare services, many different celebrations (such as our annual art celebration) to bring the different ethnicities in our community together, and also more options for financially struggling citizens.