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Our Town: Owen Sound Is Aging Faster Than Ontario or Canada

Manufacturing jobs fell from 2,500 to 790 since 1981 as the health care sector grew. Owen Sound now holds more long-term care beds per capita than Toronto, says David McLeish.

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The Owen Sound Current
Jun 23, 2026
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OUR TOWN | OPINION

Our Town is a limited series of columns by Owen Sound resident David McLeish. This column reflects the analysis and evidence-based opinions of the author and is part of an ongoing opinion series. It is not news reporting.

In my last Our Town column, we examined some of the policies meant to protect Owen Sound’s downtown and why they hav…

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