Like a Bay of Fundy tide creeping up the beach toward a vulnerable sand castle, New Brunswick's long gathering problem of an aging population inched its way closer to threatening the province's economy this year, with no quick fix in sight.

This week, new figures revealed the number of residents below the age of 65 in New Brunswick shrunk to an estimated 610,214 on July 1. It's the smallest number of people below retirement age living in the province in 46 years.

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