Demographics of Ontario

Population of Ontario : 12,851,821 (2011 census)

Percentage of National Population : 38.4%

Population growth rate per year: 1.0%

See: Demographics of Canada

Source: Statistics Canada^[1]

Vital statistics

Birth Rate: 10.8/1,000 people ^[2]

Death Rate: 7.1/1,000 people ^[3]

Life Expectancy at birth: 81 years (2006 est) ^[4]

Infant Mortality rate: 5.2 (2007 est) ^[5]

Source: Statistics Canada

Historic populations since 1851

Year	Population	5 year % change	10 year % change	% Canadian population	Urban Population	Rural Population	% Urban	% Rural
1851	952,004	-	-	39.0%	133,463	818,541	14.0%	86.0%
1861	1,396,091	-	46.6%	43.2%	258,192	1,137,899	18.5%	81.5%
1871	1,620,851	-	16.1%	43.9%	355,997	1,264,854	22.0%	78.0%
1881	1,926,922	-	18.8%	45.4%	575,848	1,351,074	29.9%	70.1%
1891	2,114,321	-	9.7%	48.9%	818,998	1,295,323	38.7%	61.3%
1901	2,182,947	-	3.2%	40.6%	935,978	1,246,969	42.9%	57.1%
1911	2,527,292	-	15.8%	35.1%	1,328,489	1,198,803	52.6%	47.4%
1921	2,933,662	-	16.1%	33.4%	1,706,632	1,227,030	58.2%	41.8%
1931	3,431,683	-	17.0%	33.1%	2,095,992	1,335,691	61.1%	38.9%
1941	3,787,655	-	10.4%	32.9%	2,338,633	1,449,022	61.7%	38.3%
1951	4,597,542	-	21.3%	32.8%	3,251,099	1,346,443	70.7%	29.3%
1956	5,404,933	17.6%	-	33.6%	4,102,919	1,302,014	75.9%	24.1%
1961	6,236,092	15.4%	35.6%	34.2%	4,823,529	1,412,563	77.3%	22.7%
1966	6,960,870	11.6%	28.8%	34.9%	5,593,440	1,367,430	80.4%	19.6%
1971	7,703,105	10.7%	23.5%	35.7%	6,343,630	1,359,480	82.4%	17.6%
1976	8,264,465	7.3%	18.7%	35.9%	6,708,520	1,555,945	81.2%	18.8%
1981	8,625,107	4.4%	12.0%	35.4%	7,047,032	1,578,075	81.7%	18.3%
1986	9,101,695	5.5%	10.1%	36.0%	7,469,420	1,632,275	82.1	17.9%
1991	10,084,885	10.8%	16.9%	36.9%	8,253,842	1,831,043	81.9%	18.1%
1996	10,753,573	10.7%	18.2%	37.3%	8,958,741	1,794,832	83.3%	16.7%
2001	11,410,046	6.1%	13.2%	38.0%	9,662,547	1,747,499	84.7%	15.3%
2006	12,160,282	6.6%	13.1%	38.4%	10,351,135	1,809,147	85.1%	14.9%
2011	12,851,821	5.7%	12.6%	38.4%	11,045,786	1,806,036	86.0%	14.0%

Source: Statistics Canada ^[6]

Age structure

Age Groups	Total	Male	Female
0–4 years	671,250	343,340	327,910
5–9 years	772,650	396,385	376,265
10–14 years	788,845	404,970	383,880
15–24 years	1,487,835	754,565	733,270
25–34 years	1,558,495	760,695	797,800
35–44 years	1,959,520	963,840	995,680
45–54 years	1,635,280	801,540	833,735
55–64 years	1,064,000	520,570	543,430
65–74 years	818,170	383,625	434,540
75–84 years	503,930	202,270	301,665
85 years and over	150,075	45,260	104,810
Total	11,410,045	5,577,055	5,832,990

Source : Statistics Canada ^[7] 2001

Visible minorities and Aboriginals

Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2011 Census)
Population group		Population	% of total population
White		9,070,800	71.7%
Visible minority group Source:[8]	South Asian	965,990	7.6%
	Chinese	629,140	5%
	Black	539,205	4.3%
	Filipino	275,380	2.2%
	Latin American	172,560	1.4%
	Arab	151,645	1.1%
	Southeast Asian	137,875	1.1%
	West Asian	122,530	1%
	Korean	78,290	0.6%
	Japanese	29,085	0.2%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	81,130	0.6%
	Multiple visible minority	96,735	0.8%
Total visible minority population		3,279,565	25.9%
Aboriginal group Source:[8]	First Nations	201,100	1.6%
	Métis	86,020	0.7%
	Inuit	3,555	0%
	Aboriginal, n.i.e.	8,040	0.1%
	Multiple Aboriginal identity	2,910	0%
Total Aboriginal population		301,430	2.4%
Total population		12,651,795	100%

Ethnic groups

Ethnic group	Responses	%
Total population	12,028,895	100
English	2,971,360	24.7
Canadian	2,768,870	23.0
Scottish	2,101,100	17.5
Irish	1,988,940	16.5
French	1,351,600	11.2
German	1,144,560	9.5
Italian	867,980	7.2
Chinese	644,465	5.4
East Indian	573,250	4.8
Dutch (Netherlands)	490,995	4.1
Polish	465,560	3.9
Ukrainian	336,355	2.8
North American Indian	317,890	2.6
Portuguese	282,870	2.4
Filipino	215,750	1.8
British, not included elsewhere	205,755	1.7
Jamaican	197,540	1.6
Welsh	182,825	1.5
Jewish	177,255	1.5
Russian	167,365	1.4
Hungarian (Magyar)	151,750	1.3
Spanish	149,160	1.2
Greek	132,440	1.1
American (USA)	113,050	0.9
Pakistani	91,160	0.8
Métis	87,090	0.7
Sri Lankan	85,935	0.7
Vietnamese	83,330	0.7
Romanian	80,710	0.7
African, not included elsewhere	75,500	0.6
Finnish	72,990	0.6
Korean	72,065	0.6
Croatian	71,380	0.6
Iranian	70,590	0.6

Note: The graph takes dual responses (for example if someone is French-Canadian he/she would be added to both French and Canadian) thus the graph does not add up to 100%. Some places of ones ethnic origin do refer to a single specified country of origin, i.e. Spanish refers to people from Spanish speaking countries such as Colombia, Argentina, Cuba and others; or East Indian where the respondents origin could be from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, etc.; and the list contains about 200 nationalities known to reside in the province. However, there are options for the respondent to identify the country alone.

Ontario is a very diverse province. For example, 42.8% of the population of Toronto was born outside Canada,^[9] which is the second-largest percentage of immigrants in a single city on Earth, after Miami. Hamilton is ranked the third-most diverse urbanized area in Canada (after Toronto and Vancouver).

Mother tongue

Mother tongue	Responses	%
Total population	12,722,065	100
English	8,950,685	70.4
French	561,160	4.4
Italian	270,445	2.1
Chinese, not otherwise specified	202,225	1.6
Cantonese	195,060	1.5
Spanish	190,410	1.5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	187,145	1.5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	165,105	1.3
Portuguese	157,640	1.2
Arabic	148,735	1.2
German	147,040	1.2
Urdu	144,930	1.1
Polish	134,595	1.1

Religious groups

Religion in Ontario in 2011, Statscan National Household Survey

Canadian Christian bodies

Canadian Interchurch Canadian Council of Churches S. Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America North Am. Presbyterian & Reformed Council Anabaptist & Friends Canadian Mennonite Brethren Churches Canadian Yearly Meeting (Quakers) Mennonite Church Canada Baptist & Stone-Campbell Baptist Association of Regular Baptist Churches Baptist General Conference of Canada Canadian Baptist Ministries Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists Fellowship of Evgcl. Baptist Churches, Canada North American Baptist Conference Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Evangelical Christian Church in Canada Catholic & Anglican Anglican Church of Canada Anglican Church in North America Polish National Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Holiness & Pietist Christian and Missionary Alliance, Canada Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Free Church of Canada The Salvation Army Wesleyan Church Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Lutheran Church–Canada Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Methodist British Methodist Episcopal Church Free Methodist Church in Canada United Church of Canada Orthodox Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, N.Am. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Church in America American-Canadian Macedonian Orthodox Diocese Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Non-Chalcedonic Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Am. Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada Pentecostal Apostolic Church of Pentecost Canadian Assemblies of God Church of God of Prophecy Intl. Foursquare Gospel, Canada Intl. Pentecostal Holiness Church Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Pentecostal Church of God Oneness Pentecostal United Pentecostal Church Intl. Presbyterian & Reformed Canadian and American Reformed Churches Christian Reformed Church in North America L'Église réformée du Québec Presbyterian Church in Canada Presbyterian Church in America Reformed Church in America United Church of Canada Other Messianic Jewish Alliance of America Plymouth Brethren Seventh-day Adventists, North America LDS Church Vineyard Canada

Religion	People	%
Total	12,651,795	100
Christian	8,167,295	64.6
No Religious Affiliation	2,927,790	23.1
Muslim	581,950	4.6
Hindu	366,720	2.9
Jewish	195,540	1.5
Sikh	179,765	1.4
Buddhist	163,750	1.3
Traditional Aboriginal (Spirituality)	15,905	0.1
Other Religions	53,080	0.4

• Of Christian faith: Catholic at 3,976,610 (31.4%); United Church 952,465 (7.5%); Anglican 774,560 (6.1%); Presbyterian 319,585 (2.5%); Christian Orthodox 297,710 (2.4%); Baptist 244,650 (1.9%); Pentecostal 213,945 (1.7%); Lutheran 163,460 (1.3%); Other Christian 1,224,300 (9.7%)

Source: Statistics Canada ^[10] StatsCan 2011 National Household Survey^[8]

Census Metropolitan Areas

City	2011 [11]	2006 [12]	2001 [13]	1996 [14]	1991 [14]
Toronto	5,583,064	5,113,149	4,682,897	4,263,757	3,898,933
Ottawa-Gatineau	1,236,324	1,130,761	1,063,664	1,010,498	941,814
Hamilton	721,053	692,911	662,401	624,360	599,760
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo	477,160	451,235	414,284	382,940	356,421
London	474,786	457,720	432,451	398,616	381,522
St. Catharines-Niagara	392,184	390,317	377,009	372,406	364,552
Oshawa	356,177	330,594	296,298	268,773	240,104
Windsor	319,246	323,342	307,877	278,685	262,075
Barrie	187,013	177,061	148,480	118,695	97,150
Greater Sudbury	160,770	158,258	155,601	160,488	157,613
Kingston	159,561	152,358	146,838	143,416	136,401
Guelph	141,097	127,009	117,344	105,420	97,667
Brantford	135,501	124,607	86,417	100,238	97,106
Thunder Bay	121,596	122,907	121,986	125,562	124,925
Peterborough	118,975	116,570	102,423	100,193	98,060

Municipalities

City	2011 [15]	2006 [16]	2001 [17]	1996 [18]	1991 [18]
Toronto	2,615,060	2,503,281	2,481,494	2,385,421	2,275,771
Ottawa	883,391	812,129	774,072	721,136	678,147
Mississauga	713,443	668,549	612,925	544,382	463,388
Brampton	523,911	433,806	325,428	268,251	234,445
Hamilton	519,949	504,559	490,268	467,799	451,665
London	366,151	352,395	336,539	325,646	311,620
Markham	301,709	261,573	208,615	173,383	153,811
Vaughan	288,301	238,866	182,022	132,549	111,359
Kitchener	219,153	204,668	190,399	178,420	168,282
Windsor	210,891	216,473	208,402	197,694	191,435
Richmond Hill	185,541	162,704	132,030	101,725	80,142
Oakville	182,520	165,613	144,738	128,405	114,670
Burlington	175,779	164,415	150,836	136,976	129,575
Greater Sudbury	160,274	157,857	155,219	164,049	161,210
Oshawa	149,607	141,590	139,051	134,364	129,344

See also

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

PE

NS

NL

YT

NT

NU

Demographics of Canada's provinces and territories

• Demographics of Canada
• Ontario
• List of Canadian provinces and territories by population

References

2. Birth rates of Canada and its provinces and territories
3. Death rates of Canada and its provinces and territories
4. Life expectancy of Canada and its provinces
5. Infant mortality information of Canada and its provinces and territories
6. Rural and Urban population changes since 1851 for Ontario
7. Statistics profile for Ontario
8. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Ontario&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=35
9. Visible minorities of Toronto.