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By the numbers, we're aging The average age of a Halton Hills resident is 39.9 years. The latest census figures (2011) show that the average median range of the Town's 59,010 residents is up by two years from the 2006 census figures. The latest figures show that 79.6 per cent of the population is over 15, again up from 77.7 per cent in 2006. The 720 seniors over 85 ­ 235 men and 490 women ­ represent 12 per cent of the Town's population, up from 10 per cent in 2006. Seniors over 65 represent 12 per cent of the population. There are 16,615 children and youth under 19 in Halton Hills ­ 28 per cent of the population and kids under 14 represent 20 per cent of the population. The proportion of seniors in Canada is the lowest of all G8 countries, mainly because most of Canada's baby boomers ­ Canada's lar- gest generation ­ are still part of the working-age population aged 15 to 64 putting the working-age population in Canada at 68.5 per cent, among the highest of G8 countries. The 2011 age and sex census report is available at http:www12.statcan. ca/census-recensement/ index-eng.cfm TO The NEW Volume 15 No. 23 IT'S WORTH THE DRIVE News stand Price 40¢ + GST Your Hometown Newspaper Thursday, June 07, 2012 `95 Chateau ...... 24 Footer - A/C ACTON MOTORS 853·1280 SERVICE HONOURED: Long-standing members of the Acton Legion Branch 197 received service pins ­ at a special ceremony on Friday. The awardees included: Karen Smith, Ross Britton, Gail Doyle, D. E. Jordan, Robin Rivers, William Rivers, Colleen A. Tobin, D. Lynn, S. C. McKnight, W. H. Douglas, David C. Kilpatrick, Malcolm D. Mackenzie, R. K. Smith, J.T. Hayes and Phyllis Bunn. ­ Sharon Graham photo S ' T A H IDE W S IN Acton preps for the Big DADDY Festival See page 7 Job search help will be available at Acton library in July See page 8 Local youth theatre group earns medals See page 10