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A Fact Sheet on the Economics of Aging in Canada




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Plus: Assorted electronic materials available on Health Canada (www.hc-sc.gc.ca), Human Resources Development Canada (www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca), and Statistics Canada (www.statcan.ca) websites. (Note that most of the government publications on the foregoing list are also available on the internet.)


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