‘Sandwiched’ Generation: 1.8M Canadians Concurrently Caring for Children, Dependent Adults

A growing number of Canadians have become “sandwiched” caregivers as they look after their children and aging parents simultaneously, according to a new Statistics Canada report. While 42 percent of Canadian adults were providing unpaid care to either children or adults aged 15 or older in 2022, 13 percent—1.8 million adults—were caring for both at the same time, StatCan said in its newly released report. Women were more likely to be caregivers than men, with nearly half of all caregivers falling into the 35 to 54 age range. “This type of caregiving was most common among adults in prime working age groups, as nearly three in 10 of these caregivers [29 percent] were aged 35 to 44 years,” the report authors wrote, adding that those 45-54 years old accounted for 20 percent....