Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century

Book Description
Canada is unique among Western nations in possessing population information dating back almost 400 years. Drawing on this rich background, the book offers a social and institutional account of the evolution of demography in Canada focusing on the period from 1913 to 1995, as the discipline unfolded against the changing cultural, social, and political scene.Augmenting published and unpublished sources with information culled from personalized questionnaires sent to key scholars and practitioners, Sylvia Wargon describes and interprets the development of the field. She provides important background information about the origins and history of demography in Europe and Canada from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, and explains the gradual development and institutionalization of demography in the French- and English-speaking regions of Canada. Important milestones are discussed in the context of their social environment. Based on French- and English-language sources, Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century is the first and only comprehensive treatment of the subject to date.

About the Author
Sylvia T. Wargon is retired from Statistics Canada, where she worked for more than three decades. Her publication areas include demography, sociology, and the history of science.


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A social and institutional account of the evolution of demography in Canada during the 20th century, focusing on the period between 1913 and 1995. Wargon (retired from Statistics Canada) provides a brief account of the origins of the science of population in Europe and of population data collection in Canada, then traces how the discipline evolved in the work of independent scholars, federal and provincial government agencies, universities, the private sector, and in English- and French-speaking regions. It may be of interest not only to Canadian demographers and population specialists, but to scholars in other fields and places who are interested in the institutionalization of scientific disciplines and the social history of the sciences. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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