Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century

Canada is unique among Western nations in possessing populationinformation dating back almost 400 years. Drawing on this richbackground, the book offers a social and institutional account of theevolution of demography in Canada focusing on the period from 1913 to1995, as the discipline unfolded against the changing cultural, social,and political scene.

Augmenting published and unpublished sources with information culledfrom personalized questionnaires sent to key scholars andpractitioners, Sylvia Wargon describes and interprets the developmentof the field. She provides important background information about theorigins and history of demography in Europe and Canada from theseventeenth to the nineteenth century, and explains the gradualdevelopment and institutionalization of demography in the French- andEnglish-speaking regions of Canada. Important milestones are discussedin the context of their social environment. Based on French- andEnglish-language sources, Demography in Canada in the TwentiethCentury is the first and only comprehensive treatment of thesubject to date.