demography spreadsheets-graphs

Questions

  1. How would you describe the change in Canada and B.C.’s population over time?
    – Canada’s demography has a decreasing natural increase but the population is still growing.  BC’s demography also has a decreasing natural increase and the the population is slowly increasing as well.
  2. Describe the trend in birth rates and death rates for B.C. and Canada.
    – Canada’s birth rates are slowly decreasing, death rates are slowly increasing.  BC’s birth rates are slowly going down and death rates are rising.
  3. Describe the trend in natural increase for B.C. and Canada.
    – The natural increase of Canada is dropping quite a bit, The natural increase of BC is also dropping.
  4. If you were opening a baby clothing store in B.C., what information from your chart/graph would be most useful to you? Explain why.
    – The birth rate information would be  the most useful information, natural increase might also help because you would know how many babies are being born in BC.
  5. What other types of businesses could use the information for B.C.? Explain how it can be useful to these businesses?
    – Funeral homes and Crematoriums could use the death rate information to see how many deaths there are in BC.
  6. If you were a politician in Canada or B.C., what policies or changes would you make based on this information? Explain how the information would lead you to make certain changes or policies.
    – More affordable living because there are more people buying houses and the natural increase would tell me that more people are living in BC every year.