Demographics of Ontario

Estimated population of Ontario : 13,069,200 (2009 est)

Percentage of National Population : 38.7%

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

Urban and rural population of Ontario since 1851

Year	Population	Urban Population	Rural Population	% Urban	% Rural
1851	952,004	133,463	818,541	14	86
1861	1,396,091	258,192	1,137,899	18	82
1871	1,620,851	355,997	1,264,854	22	78
1881	1,926,922	575,848	1,351,074	30	70
1891	2,114,321	818,998	1,295,323	39	61
1901	2,182,947	935,978	1,246,969	43	57
1911	2,527,292	1,328,489	1,198,803	53	47
1921	2,933,662	1,706,632	1,227,030	58	42
1931	3,431,683	2,095,992	1,335,691	61	39
1941	3,787,655	2,338,633	1,449,022	62	38
1951	4,597,542	3,251,099	1,346,443	71	29
1956	5,404,933	4,102,919	1,302,014	76	24
1961	6,236,092	4,823,529	1,412,563	77	23
1966	6,960,870	5,593,440	1,367,430	80	20
1971	7,703,105	6,343,630	1,359,480	82	18
1976	8,264,465	6,708,520	1,555,945	81	19
1981	8,625,107	7,047,032	1,578,075	82	18
1986	9,101,695	7,469,420	1,632,275	82	18
1991	10,084,885	8,253,842	1,831,043	82	18
1996	10,753,573	8,958,741	1,794,832	83	17
2001	11,410,046	9,662,547	1,747,499	85	15
2006	12,160,282	10,351,135	1,809,147	85	15

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]

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals

Ontario 2006		Population	% of Group	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source: [2]	South Asian	794,170	28.9	6.6
	Chinese	576,980	21.0	4.8
	Black	473,765	17.3	3.9
	Filipino	203,220	7.4	1.7
	Latin American	147,135	5.4	1.2
	Southeast Asian	110,045	4.0	0.9
	Others	439,890	16.0	3.7
Total Visible Minorities		2,745,205	100	22.8
Aboriginal Group Source: [3]	North American Indian	158,395	65.3	1.3
	Metis	73,605	30.4	0.6
	Inuit	2,035	0.8	0
Total Aboriginal Identity Population		242,495	100	2.0
Not A Visible Minority or Aboriginal		9,041,195		75.2
Total population		12,028,895		100

Ethnic groups

[4]

Ethnic	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^[8], 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).^{[citation needed]}

Religious groups

Religion in Ontario in 2001.[1]

Canadian Christian bodies v · 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 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	11,285,535	100
Protestant	3,935,745	34.9
Catholic	3,911,760	34.7
No Religion	1,841,290	16.3
Muslim	352,530	3.1
Other Christians	301,935	2.7
Christian Orthodox	264,055	2.3
Hindu	217,555	1.9
Jewish	190,795	1.7
Buddhist	128,320	1.1
Sikh	104,785	0.9
Eastern Religions	17,780	0.2
Other Religions	18,985	0.2

Source: Statistics Canada ^[9]

City Metropolitan Areas

City	2006 postcensal estimate	2001 Census Population
Toronto	5,406,300	4,883,800
Ottawa-Gatineau	1,158,300	1,102,900
Hamilton	716,200	689,200
London	465,700	449,600
Kitchener-Waterloo	463,600	431,300
St. Catharines-Niagara	396,800	391,700
Oshawa	344,400	308,500
Windsor	332,100	320,800
Greater Sudbury	162,000	155,601
Kingston	155,000	146,838
Thunder Bay	125,400	126,600

Source: Statistics Canada ^[10]

See also

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

PE

NS

NL

YT

NT

NU

Demographics of Canada's provinces and territories. Click on the Province Hyperlink to see the Demographics of that province.

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

References

1. ^ Population information of Canada and its provinces and territories
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. ^ Visible minorities of Toronto.
9. ^ Religious diversity information for Ontario
10. ^ Information on population for Canada's biggest CMAs note that it can be inaccurate]