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Year | Age | Population | Fact |
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Footnotes 1. Age of centenarian born in 1900 2. Total population of Canada in selected census years |
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1901 | 1 year | 5 million | Marconi sends the first transatlantic message |
1905 | 5 years | Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces of Canada | |
1910 | 10 years | The first incandescent street lamps are lit in Toronto | |
1914 | 14 years | The First World War begins | |
1917 | 17 years | Income taxes are introduced | |
1918-1919 | 18-19 years | Spanish flu kills more than 20 million people around the world | |
1921 | 21 years | Canadian women win the right to vote | |
1923 | 23 years | Canadian Dr. Banting wins the Nobel Prize for his part in the discovery of insulin | |
1927 | 27 years | Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo transatlantic flight | |
1928 | 28 years | British scientist Dr. Fleming discovers penicillin | |
1929 | 29 years | 10 million | The collapse of the stock market marks the start of the Great Depression |
1939 | 39 years | The Second World War breaks out | |
1941 | 41 years | Unemployment Insurance is introduced | |
1944 | 44 years | Family Allowances are introduced | |
1945 | 45 years | The Second World War ends | |
1946 | 46 years | The baby-boom begins | |
1948 | 48 years | 30% of Canadian homes are equipped with refrigerators | |
1949 | 49 years | Newfoundland becomes a province of Canada | |
1950 | 50 years | The first “automatic” washing machines arrive | |
1952 | 52 years | 14 million | The CBC has its first television broadcast |
1961 | 61 years | The contraceptive pill is available in Canada | |
1967 | 67 years | 20 million | Expo 67 is held in Montréal |
1972 | 72 years | Healthcare is introduced across Canada | |
1972 | 72 years | Paul Henderson scores the winning goal of the Canada-USSR hockey series | |
1973 | 73 years | Oil crisis | |
1980 | 80 years | The era of personal computer begins | |
1981 | 81 years | Recession. Interest rates hit 21% | |
1982 | 82 years | The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is signed | |
1984 | 84 years | The AIDS virus is identified | |
1989 | 89 years | The Free Trade Agreement between Canada and USA comes into effect | |
1996 | 96 years | Immigrants make up 42% of the population of the Toronto metropolitan area | |
1997 | 97 years | There are 9.5 million cellular phone users | |
1999 | 99 years | Researchers publish the first map of a human chromosome | |
1999 | 99 years | Creation of Nunavut | |
2001 | 101 years | 30 million | September 11th attacks in the United States |
2005 | 105 years | Adoption of the law permitting same-sex marriage in Canada | |
2006 | 106 years | 31.6 million | 31.6 million Canadians enumerated in 2006 |