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FIRST READING: As Canada implodes, its seniors are richer and happier than ever before

The income for a Canadian senior is now higher than for a Canadian supposedly in their prime earning years

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Earlier this month, a new Gallup poll revealed that Canadian happiness had dropped off a cliff.

As recently as 2014, Canada had ranked in fifth place in the World Happiness Report, an annual index tabulated by the University of Oxford. But the latest edition dropped Canada to an all-time low of 25th place.

The plunge was driven largely by a catastrophic decline in the happiness of Canada’s youth. According to the poll, Canadian youth (those aged under 25) now rank 71st in the world for self-declared happiness.

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In comparison, most countries reported young people who were happier than those of a generation ago.

And the World Happiness Survey was released around the same time as news that Canada has passed another generational milestone. In late 2025, economist Mike Moffatt parsed through figures from 2023 and discovered that, for the first time ever, Canadian men aged 65 and older now had higher incomes than men........

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