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Canada ranked 4th best country in the world for senior citizens

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • Website: Immigration.ca
  • Resource type: Article

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Canada ranks highly in income security for seniors, with 97.7% of older Canadians receiving a pension, and over 92.8% getting an income greater than half the country’s median income. 83.9% of older Canadians also have a secondary or higher level of education.

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pension , income security , higher-level education

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Rated on: 10/5/2018 1:34:22 PM

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