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Demographics of Ontario

Demographics of Ontario

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Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province by a large margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto.

Population Density of Ontario in 2016

Vital statistics

Birth Rate: 9.7/1,000 people (2021)[1]

Death Rate: 8.1/1,000 people (2021)[1]

Life Expectancy at birth: 81 years (2006 est)[2]

Infant Mortality rate: 5.2 (2007 est)[3]

Age structure

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Population history

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Source: Statistics Canada[5]

  • a  % Province of Canada population[6]

Population geography

Census Metropolitan Areas

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Ethnic origins

As of 2016 census.[13]

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Note: The table takes dual responses (for example if someone is French-Canadian they would be added to both French and Canadian). Some places of one's ethnic origin do not refer to a single specified country of origin, i.e. Spanish refers to people from Spanish speaking countries such as Colombia, Spain, Mexico, 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.

As regards ethnic origins and Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) of highest concentration (minimum: 1%):

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Future projections

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Visible minorities and Indigenous peoples

Indigenous identity in Ontario, 2021
Visible minority population in Ontario, 2021
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There is a striking difference between the Toronto CMA[citation needed] (5,862,850) and the rest of Ontario (7,379,310); in particular, in the Toronto CMA visible minorities account for 51.4% of the population (3,011,900), whereas in the rest of Ontario the percentage of visible minorities in the overall population is much lower, at 11.8% (873,685). Back in 1996,1,338,095 of 4,232,905 Toronto CMA residents belonged to a visible minority,[20] i.e. 31.6% of its population; regarding the rest of Ontario, only 343,950 of its 6,409,885 residents, i.e. 5.4%, were visible minorities.[21]

Language

The following figures are from the 2016 census.[4] The tables includes languages that were selected by at least 0.99 per cent of respondents. Respondents to the census are able to provide multiple responses for questions relating to knowledge of languages, and mother tongue.

Knowledge of languages

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian Census and the 2016 Canadian Census, and lists languages that were selected by at least one per cent of respondents.

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Mother tongue

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Religion

Religion in Ontario in 2011, Statscan National Household Survey
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Migration

Immigration

Ontario is a very diverse province. For example, 54.8% of the population of Toronto was born outside Canada,[28] 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]

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The 2021 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 4,206,585 persons or 30.0 percent of the total population of Ontario.[33]

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Recent immigration

The 2021 Canadian census counted a total of 584,680 people who immigrated to Ontario between 2016 and 2021.[33]

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Interprovincial migration

Net cumulative interprovincial migration per Province from 1997 to 2017, as a share of population of each Provinces

Ontario's interprovincial migration rate have shifted over the years. It was negative in the 1970s, positive in the 1980s, but then negative again in the 1990s. It went back to the positive in around the time of the turn of the millennium for a few years, but has been in the negatives constantly from 2003 to 2015, and has been in the positives since then. Over the period from 1971 to 2015, Ontario was the province which experience the second lowest levels of interprovincial in-migration and out-migration, second only to Quebec.[42]

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Source: Statistics Canada

See also

Demographics of Canada's provinces and territories

Notes

  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  1. 2021 census data differentiates between Persian registers (Dari, Farsi (Iranian Persian), and other. Number also includes Persian (Farsi) not otherwise specified
  2. 2021 census data differentiates between Persian registers (Dari, Farsi (Iranian Persian), and other. Number also includes Persian (Farsi) not otherwise specified
  3. Included all Persian registers, as 2016 census data did not differentiate between either.
  4. Included all Persian registers, as 2016 census data did not differentiate between either.
  5. The following is the total figure from all respondents, including single, and multi-answered respondents.
  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an Indigenous identity.

References

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  3. "Infant mortality rates, by province and territory". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  4. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Ontario [Province] and Canada [Country]". Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  6. "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". 12.statcan.gc.ca. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (September 8, 2022). "Canada in 2041: A larger, more diverse population with greater differences between regions". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (September 8, 2022). "Projected population by racialized group, generation status and other selected characteristics (x 1,000)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  9. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 6, 2021). "Projections of the Indigenous populations and households in Canada, 2016 to 2041". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  10. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 6, 2021). "Projected population by Indigenous identity, age group, sex, area of residence, provinces and territories, and projection scenario, Canada (x 1,000)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  11. "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Province/Territory". 12.statcan.gc.ca. May 8, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  12. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 17, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Ontario [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  13. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  14. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  15. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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  17. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (September 21, 2023). "Census of the Canadas, 1851-2, Personal Census, Volume 1". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  18. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (September 21, 2023). "Census of the Canadas, 1860-61, volume 1". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
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  21. "Interprovincial Migration in Canada: Quebeckers Vote with Their Feet" (PDF). www.fraserinstitute.org. Retrieved December 26, 2018.

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