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Table 11
Small towns and rural communities with the highest proportion of persons aged 65 years and over in 2006
Order	Small town or rural community	Province	Population	Proportion (in percentage)
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.
1	Capital G	British Columbia	5,101	28.6
2	Gimli	Manitoba	5,797	28.3
3	Perth	Ontario	5,907	28.0
4	Humboldt	Saskatchewan	5,000	27.3
5	Trail	British Columbia	7,237	27.1
5	Westlock	Alberta	5,008	27.1
7	Dauphin	Manitoba	7,906	26.3
8	Nanaimo E	British Columbia	5,462	26.2
9	Summerland	British Columbia	10,828	25.7
10	Sechelt	British Columbia	8,454	25.3
11	Wasaga Beach	Ontario	15,029	24.9
11	Minden Hills	Ontario	5,556	24.9
13	Blue Mountains	Ontario	6,825	24.8
14	Parry Sound	Ontario	5,818	24.4
15	South Bruce Peninsula	Ontario	8,415	24.1
16	Columbia-Shuswap C	British Columbia	7,695	23.8
17	Melfort	Saskatchewan	5,192	23.6
17	Asbestos	Quebec	6,819	23.6
19	Louiseville	Quebec	7,433	23.2
19	Brighton	Ontario	10,253	23.2
19	Dysart and Others	Ontario	5,526	23.2
19	Lambton Shores	Ontario	11,150	23.2
23	Saint-Sauveur	Quebec	9,191	23.0
24	Shediac	New Brunswick	5,497	22.9
25	Vegreville	Alberta	5,519	22.8