Demographics of Ontario - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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

Demographics of Canada

This article about the demographic features of the population of Canada, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population, the People of Canada....

Source: Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Its headquarters is in Ottawa....

Vital statistics

Birth Rate

Birth rate

Crude birth rate is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year . Another word used interchangeably with "birth rate" is "natality". When the crude birth rate is subtracted from the crude death rate, it reveals the rate of natural increase...

: 10.8/1,000 people

Death Rate: 7.1/1,000 people

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy

Life expectancy is the expected number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is denoted by ex, which means the average number of subsequent years of life for someone now aged x, according to a particular mortality experience...

at birth: 81 years (2006 est)

Infant Mortality

Infant mortality

Infant mortality is defined as the number of infant deaths per 1000 live births. Traditionally, the most common cause worldwide was dehydration from diarrhea. However, the spreading information about Oral Re-hydration Solution to mothers around the world has decreased the rate of children dying...

rate: 5.2 (2007 est)

Source: Statistics Canada

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

Statistics Canada

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

Statistics Canada

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals

Ontario 2006		Population	% of Group	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=5&Display=Page	South Asian	794,170	28.9	6.6
	Chinese Overseas Chinese Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the Greater China Area . People of partial Chinese ancestry living outside the Greater China Area may also consider themselves Overseas Chinese....	576,980	21.0	4.8
	Black Black people The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...	473,765	17.3	3.9
	Filipino Filipino Canadian Filipino Canadians are Canadians of Filipino ancestry. Filipino-Canadians are the fourth-largest subgroup of the Overseas Filipinos.Canada only had a small population of Filipinos until the late 20th century. To date, there are currently around 400,000 Filipino Canadians in Canada, most of them...	203,220	7.4	1.7
	Latin America Latin America Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area... n	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: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/Aboriginal/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Count&Sex=1&Age=1&StartRec=1&Sort=5&Display=Page	North American Indian	158,395	65.3	1.3
	Métis	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

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=35&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All>

Ethnic	Responses	%
Total population	12,028,895	100
English English Canadian An English Canadian is a Canadian of English ancestry; it is used primarily in contrast with French Canadian. Canada is an officially bilingual state, with English and French official language communities. Immigrant cultural groups ostensibly integrate into one or both of these communities, but...	2,971,360	24.7
Canadian Demographics of Canada This article about the demographic features of the population of Canada, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population, the People of Canada....	2,768,870	23.0
Scottish Scottish Canadian Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. As the third-largest ethnic group in Canada and among the first to settle in Canada, Scottish people have made a large impact on Canadian culture since colonial times...	2,101,100	17.5
Irish Irish Canadian Irish Canadian are immigrants and descendants of immigrants who originated in Ireland. 1.2 million Irish immigrants arrived, 1825 to 1970, at least half of those in the period from 1831-1850. By 1867, they were the second largest ethnic group , and comprised 24% of Canada's population...	1,988,940	16.5
French French Canadian French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...	1,351,600	11.2
German	1,144,560	9.5
Italian	867,980	7.2
Chinese Chinese Canadian Chinese Canadians are Canadians of Chinese descent. They constitute the second-largest visible minority group in Canada, after South Asian Canadians...	644,465	5.4
East Indian Indo-Canadians Indo-Canadians are Canadians whose origins trace back to India. The terms East Indian and South Asian are used to distinguish people of ancestral origin from India, from the First Nations peoples of Canada who are often referred to as Indian, and from the people of the Caribbean, who are sometimes...	573,250	4.8
Dutch (Netherlands)	490,995	4.1
Polish Polish Canadians Polish Canadians are Citizens of Canada with Polish ancestry, and Poles who immigrated to Canada from abroad. According to the 2001 census by Statistics Canada, 984,585 Canadians claim full or partial Polish ancestry.-History:...	465,560	3.9
Ukrainian Ukrainian Canadian A Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. In 2006, there were an estimated 1,209,085 persons residing in Canada of Ukrainian origin, making them Canada's ninth largest ethnic group; and giving Canada the world's third-largest...	336,355	2.8
North American Indian First Nations First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...	317,890	2.6
Portuguese Portuguese Canadians Portuguese Canadians are both Canadians born with Portuguese descent or citizenship or Portuguese born with Canadian descent or citizenship . According to StatCan, in 2006, there were 410,850 persons of Portuguese descent living in Canada, or 1.3% of the nation's total population...	282,870	2.4
Filipino Filipino Canadian Filipino Canadians are Canadians of Filipino ancestry. Filipino-Canadians are the fourth-largest subgroup of the Overseas Filipinos.Canada only had a small population of Filipinos until the late 20th century. To date, there are currently around 400,000 Filipino Canadians in Canada, most of them...	215,750	1.8
British British people The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants... , not included elsewhere	205,755	1.7
Jamaican Jamaican Canadian Jamaican Canadians are Canadians of Jamaican descent, or Jamaican-born people with Canadian citizenship. The population, according to Canada's 2006 Census, is 231,110. Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire black Canadian population.-History:...	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 Greek Canadians Greek Canadians are Canadian citizens of Greek origin, also known as Hellenic origin. According to the 2006 Canadian census, there were 242,685 Canadians who claimed Greek ethnicity.- Authors :...	132,440	1.1
American (USA) Canadians of American origin American-Canadians are people of Canadian citizenship who were born in the United States of America. They account for a significant portion of Canada's population. Canada and the United States share much culturally but are separate geopolitical entities in North America.According to the Canada 2006...	113,050	0.9
Pakistani	91,160	0.8
Métis Métis people (Canada) The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...	87,090	0.7
Sri Lankan	85,935	0.7
Vietnamese Vietnamese Canadian Mainstream Vietnamese communities began arriving in Canada in the mid 1970s and early 1980s as refugees or boat people following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, though a couple thousand were already living in Quebec before then, most of whom were students...	83,330	0.7
Romanian	80,710	0.7
African African people African people refers to natives, inhabitants, or citizen of Africa and to people of African descent.-Etymology:Many etymological hypotheses that have been postulated for the ancient name "Africa":... , not included elsewhere	75,500	0.6
Finnish	72,990	0.6
Korean Korean people The Korean people are an ethnic group originating in the Korean peninsula and Manchuria. Koreans are one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous groups in the world.-Names:...	72,065	0.6
Croatian	71,380	0.6
Iranian Iranian-Canadian Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians are Canadians of Iranian/Persian national background or descent. Their numbers are estimated as 121,510 from the 2006 Canadian census and the main communities can be found in Southern Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec; the vast majority, however, live in...	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

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

and Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

) 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

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

such as Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

and others; or East Indian where the respondents origin could be from Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, 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

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

is a very diverse province. For example, 42.8% of the population of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

was born outside Canada

Canada

, which is the second-largest percentage of immigrants in a single city on Earth, after Miami

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

. Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

is ranked the third-most diverse urbanized area in Canada (after Toronto

Toronto

and Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

Religious groups

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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

Statistics Canada

City Metropolitan Areas

City	2006 postcensal estimate	2001 Census Population
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...	5,406,300	4,883,800
Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... -Gatineau Gatineau Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...	1,158,300	1,102,900
Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...	716,200	689,200
London London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...	465,700	449,600
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener, Ontario The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...	463,600	431,300
St. Catharines-Niagara	396,800	391,700
Oshawa Oshawa Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most...	344,400	308,500
Windsor Windsor, Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...	332,100	320,800
Greater Sudbury	162,000	155,601
Kingston Kingston, Ontario Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...	155,000	146,838
Thunder Bay Thunder Bay -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern OntarioThunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...	125,400	126,600

Source: Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada

Vital statistics

Urban and rural population of Ontario since 1851

Age structure

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals

Ethnic groups

Religious groups

City Metropolitan Areas

See also