Living past 100: Canada’s fastest-growing age group [Video]

Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week.

She’s 101, and still lives in her own condo in West Vancouver, B.C.

“It never occurred to me that I would live this long,” said Roden, a former Air Force typist who was 65 when she founded a charity for survivors of sexual abuse. “I don’t know why, but I think it’s because I just enjoy every single day.”

Joseph Novak, a 100-year-old Second World War veteran who lives in Whitehorse, lost his eyesight about a decade ago and spends his days listening to music and audiobooks.

Margaret Friend, 101, who lives in a long-term care home in Hamilton, was one of 14 children. Although she has dementia, she easily rattled off her siblings’ names — and noted that she was the only one …