Ontario Profile

A comprehensive demographic breakdown using data from the 2021 Statistics Canada Census.

National Rank:1 of 10

Ontario Population

Total Population (2021)

14,223,942

Total Population (2016)

13,448,494

Population Growth

+5.8% (+775,448)

Growth Rank

#3 of 10Same geo level

Male

49.0%6,970,855

Female

51.0%7,253,085

Male-to-Female Ratio

0.961

Average Age

41.8

Median Age

41.6

Age Rank

#4 of 10Same geo level

Population Age Distribution

0–4

683,515(4.8%)

5–9

764,430(5.4%)

10–14

803,850(5.7%)

15–19

801,455(5.6%)

20–24

895,600(6.3%)

25–29

975,400(6.9%)

30–34

981,210(6.9%)

35–39

948,030(6.7%)

40–44

890,160(6.3%)

45–49

894,580(6.3%)

50–54

941,270(6.6%)

55–59

1,040,160(7.3%)

60–64

966,575(6.8%)

65–69

813,215(5.7%)

70–74

691,280(4.9%)

75–79

469,485(3.3%)

80–84

325,110(2.3%)

85+

338,620(2.4%)

Ontario Households

Household Size

Average Household Size

2.6

Total Private Dwellings

5,929,250

Occupied Private Dwellings

5,491,201

Size Distribution

1 Person

1,452,540 (26.5%)

2 Persons

1,798,040 (32.7%)

3 Persons

872,480 (15.9%)

4 Persons

825,445 (15.0%)

5+ Persons

542,700 (9.9%)

Household Composition

Couples with children

1,517,365(27.6%)

Couples without children

1,324,295(24.1%)

One-parent families

505,535(9.2%)

One-person households

1,452,540(26.5%)

Multigenerational

221,120(4.0%)

Multiple-family

45,215(0.8%)

Ontario Incomes

Summary

Avg. Household Income

$95,300After tax

Median Household Income

$79,500After tax

Avg. Individual Income

$46,280After tax

Median Individual Income

$37,200After tax

Income Rank

#2 of 10Same geo level

Income Composition

Market Income

82.8%

Employment Income

67.4%

Government Transfers

17.1%

Individual Income Distribution

Under $10k

977,950(8.7%)

$10k–$20k

1,383,475(12.2%)

$20k–$30k

1,752,040(15.5%)

$30k–$40k

1,388,215(12.3%)

$40k–$50k

1,190,885(10.5%)

$50k–$60k

985,270(8.7%)

$60k–$70k

782,980(6.9%)

$70k–$80k

612,620(5.4%)

$80k–$90k

477,445(4.2%)

$90k–$100k

385,830(3.4%)

$100k+

1,358,115(12.0%)

Ontario Employment

Labour Force

Employment Rate

55.1%

Unemployment Rate

12.2%

Total Labour Force

7,399,200

Employed

6,492,895

Unemployed

906,310

Not in Labour Force

4,383,620

Low Income Prevalence

Overall Low-Income Rate

10.1%

Children (0–17)

11.5%

Adults (18–64)

9.1%

Seniors (65+)

12.1%

Gini Coefficient (Total)

0.3570 = perfect equality

Gini Coefficient (After-Tax)

0.308

Ontario Languages

Language Knowledge

English Only

12,196,575 (86.5%)

French Only

39,310 (0.3%)

English & French

1,519,365 (10.8%)

Neither

344,545 (2.4%)

Mother Tongue

English

9,179,655 (65.1%)

French

463,120 (3.3%)

Non-official languages

3,787,835 (26.9%)

Top Mother Tongue Languages

English

9,179,655(65.1%)

French

463,120(3.3%)

Mandarin

327,470(2.3%)

Cantonese

267,425(1.9%)

Punjabi

260,075(1.8%)

Spanish

217,245(1.5%)

Arabic

214,230(1.5%)

Italian

194,125(1.4%)

Urdu

170,955(1.2%)

Tagalog

168,845(1.2%)

Cities & Towns in Ontario

All 230 census subdivisions in Ontario, sorted by population (2021). Click any column header to re-sort.

#	Location↕	Population (2021)↓	Growth↕	Avg Age↕	Median Income↕	Employment Rate↕
1	Toronto	2,794,356	+2.3%	41.5	$74k	55.0%
2	Ottawa	1,017,449	+8.9%	40.7	$88k	59.1%
3	Mississauga	717,961	-0.5%	41.1	$89k	55.0%
4	Brampton	656,480	+10.6%	37.5	$98k	57.9%
5	Hamilton	569,353	+6.0%	41.5	$76k	54.3%
6	London	422,324	+10.0%	40.7	$69k	53.6%
7	Markham	338,503	+2.9%	41.8	$92k	51.9%
8	Vaughan	323,103	+5.5%	40.9	$107k	57.7%
9	Kitchener	256,885	+10.1%	39.0	$77k	59.4%
10	Windsor	229,660	+5.7%	41.4	$64k	45.7%
11	Oakville	213,759	+10.3%	40.4	$108k	57.6%
12	Richmond Hill	202,022	+3.6%	42.2	$89k	54.4%
13	Burlington	186,948	+2.0%	43.3	$94k	58.1%
14	Oshawa	175,383	+10.0%	40.3	$76k	51.8%
15	Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	166,004	+2.8%	42.9	$74k	54.8%
16	Barrie	147,829	+4.5%	40.2	$82k	58.1%
17	Guelph	143,740	+9.1%	40.1	$82k	60.2%
18	Whitby	138,501	+7.9%	39.5	$104k	58.8%
19	Cambridge	138,479	+6.6%	40.0	$82k	58.4%
20	St. Catharines	136,803	+2.8%	44.3	$65k	49.1%
21	Milton	132,979	+20.7%	35.2	$107k	63.0%
22	Kingston	132,485	+7.0%	42.7	$71k	52.7%
23	Ajax	126,666	+5.8%	38.6	$103k	57.9%
24	Waterloo	121,436	+15.7%	39.2	$82k	57.6%
25	Thunder Bay	108,843	+0.9%	43.7	$69k	51.9%
26	Brantford	104,688	+6.2%	41.4	$71k	53.8%
27	Chatham-Kent	103,988	+2.3%	44.3	$65k	51.2%
28	Clarington	101,427	+10.2%	39.6	$96k	59.5%
29	Pickering	99,186	+8.1%	40.9	$102k	56.9%
30	Niagara Falls	94,415	+7.2%	43.9	$68k	45.3%
31	Newmarket	87,942	+4.4%	41.0	$95k	58.4%
32	Peterborough	83,651	+3.2%	44.1	$65k	48.8%
33	Kawartha Lakes	79,247	+5.1%	47.4	$73k	48.6%
34	Caledon	76,581	+15.2%	40.0	$113k	60.9%
35	Sault Ste. Marie	72,051	-1.8%	45.4	$66k	47.8%
36	Sarnia	72,047	+0.6%	44.8	$69k	47.6%
37	Norfolk County	67,490	+5.4%	45.5	$72k	50.7%
38	Halton Hills	62,951	+2.9%	40.7	$107k	63.2%
39	Aurora	62,057	+11.9%	40.9	$102k	59.4%
40	Welland	55,750	+6.6%	44.1	$65k	48.4%
41	Belleville	55,071	+8.6%	44.5	$66k	49.2%
42	North Bay	52,662	+2.2%	43.6	$65k	51.0%
43	Whitchurch-Stouffville	49,864	+8.8%	40.8	$104k	59.2%
44	Haldimand County	49,216	+7.9%	42.5	$81k	56.6%
45	Cornwall	47,845	+2.7%	45.0	$55k	45.8%
46	Georgina	47,642	+4.9%	41.9	$85k	58.4%
47	Woodstock	46,705	+13.6%	41.6	$73k	55.6%
48	Quinte West	46,560	+6.8%	44.0	$73k	51.3%
49	New Tecumseth	43,948	+28.3%	40.6	$90k	59.9%
50	Innisfil	43,326	+18.5%	41.3	$88k	57.5%
51	Bradford West Gwillimbury	42,880	+21.4%	37.8	$98k	61.6%
52	St. Thomas	42,840	+10.1%	43.0	$68k	52.3%
53	Timmins	41,145	-1.5%	41.8	$72k	57.0%
54	Lakeshore	40,410	+10.4%	40.8	$98k	57.0%
55	Brant	39,474	+10.8%	42.8	$92k	59.8%
56	East Gwillimbury	34,637	+44.4%	39.2	$102k	60.7%
57	Orillia	33,411	+7.2%	45.8	$64k	47.7%
58	Stratford	33,232	+5.6%	44.8	$69k	55.8%
59	Fort Erie	32,901	+7.1%	47.2	$68k	46.4%
60	LaSalle	32,721	+8.4%	42.0	$102k	53.9%
61	Centre Wellington	31,093	+10.3%	43.3	$88k	60.3%
62	Orangeville	30,167	+4.4%	39.5	$89k	62.4%
63	Leamington	29,680	+7.6%	41.8	$71k	52.4%
64	Grimsby	28,883	+5.7%	43.5	$89k	57.7%
65	King	27,333	+11.5%	41.1	$117k	59.2%
66	Woolwich	26,999	+8.0%	39.7	$99k	65.2%
67	Clarence-Rockland	26,505	+8.1%	42.0	$91k	61.1%
68	Lincoln	25,719	+8.1%	43.6	$89k	58.0%
69	Prince Edward County	25,704	+3.9%	50.7	$72k	46.4%
70	Wasaga Beach	24,862	+20.3%	50.4	$68k	40.5%
71	Collingwood	24,811	+13.8%	47.9	$73k	48.9%
72	Strathroy-Caradoc	23,871	+14.4%	43.0	$79k	57.6%
73	Thorold	23,816	+26.7%	39.5	$74k	52.4%
74	Amherstburg	23,524	+7.2%	43.4	$86k	54.0%
75	Tecumseh	23,300	+0.3%	44.7	$94k	51.6%
76	Oro-Medonte	23,017	+9.4%	44.3	$98k	56.4%
77	Essa	22,970	+9.0%	37.9	$93k	63.0%
78	Kingsville	22,119	+2.6%	43.8	$82k	54.7%
79	Brockville	22,116	+2.5%	48.3	$58k	44.4%
80	Springwater	21,701	+13.9%	41.2	$103k	61.9%
81	Owen Sound	21,612	+1.3%	46.3	$58k	49.0%
82	Scugog	21,581	-0.2%	45.8	$92k	56.6%
83	Uxbridge	21,556	+1.8%	44.2	$99k	59.2%
84	Wilmot	21,429	+4.3%	42.0	$98k	60.9%
85	Essex	21,216	+3.9%	44.1	$78k	53.3%
86	Huntsville	21,147	+6.7%	46.3	$74k	52.3%
87	Cobourg	20,519	+5.6%	49.9	$69k	44.5%
88	South Frontenac	20,188	+8.3%	44.6	$90k	56.9%
89	Port Colborne	20,033	+9.4%	47.2	$63k	47.4%
90	Russell	19,598	+18.6%	39.4	$104k	67.2%
91	Niagara-on-the-Lake	19,088	+9.0%	51.3	$86k	43.1%
92	Middlesex Centre	18,928	+9.7%	41.6	$106k	61.5%
93	Selwyn	18,653	+9.3%	47.2	$83k	50.7%
94	Tillsonburg	18,615	+17.3%	46.9	$66k	47.3%
95	Pelham	18,192	+6.3%	46.5	$95k	52.8%
96	Petawawa	18,160	+5.7%	34.1	$89k	66.4%
97	North Grenville	17,964	+9.2%	43.8	$92k	58.7%
98	Loyalist	17,943	+5.7%	44.1	$83k	53.6%
99	Midland	17,817	+5.7%	47.1	$63k	46.0%
100	Bracebridge	17,305	+8.1%	47.5	$76k	53.5%
101	Port Hope	17,294	+3.2%	47.4	$77k	49.7%
102	Greater Napanee	16,879	+6.2%	47.4	$70k	49.1%
103	Saugeen Shores	15,908	+16.0%	45.2	$88k	51.6%
104	North Perth	15,538	+18.3%	39.6	$75k	64.2%
105	West Lincoln	15,454	+6.6%	40.1	$92k	59.8%
106	Kenora	14,967	-0.9%	43.6	$76k	58.4%
107	Clearview	14,814	+4.7%	43.0	$84k	60.6%
108	Mississippi Mills	14,740	+12.0%	46.3	$86k	55.9%
109	St. Clair	14,659	+4.1%	43.5	$85k	52.8%
110	West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest	14,583	+1.5%	47.0	$63k	44.2%
111	Severn	14,576	+8.3%	45.4	$83k	53.8%
112	Pembroke	14,364	+3.5%	45.9	$57k	46.4%
113	Thames Centre	13,980	+6.0%	42.7	$96k	62.0%
114	Guelph/Eramosa	13,904	+8.2%	42.6	$110k	62.7%
115	Trent Hills	13,861	+7.4%	49.2	$65k	46.8%
116	Central Elgin	13,746	+9.0%	45.3	$89k	57.1%
117	Ingersoll	13,693	+7.3%	40.9	$77k	55.4%
118	South Stormont	13,570	+3.5%	44.8	$81k	57.4%
119	The Nation / La Nation	13,350	+4.2%	40.3	$90k	68.3%
120	South Glengarry	13,330	+1.4%	46.0	$80k	56.5%
121	Gravenhurst	13,157	+6.9%	49.1	$66k	49.1%
122	West Grey	13,131	+4.9%	45.5	$70k	55.3%
123	Tiny	12,966	+10.0%	48.9	$77k	47.6%
124	Perth East	12,595	+2.6%	37.8	$85k	70.0%
125	Brock	12,567	+7.9%	43.5	$81k	58.2%
126	Carleton Place	12,517	+17.6%	42.1	$78k	59.5%
127	Wellington North	12,431	+4.3%	42.4	$70k	59.5%
128	Kincardine	12,268	+7.7%	43.9	$87k	54.1%
129	Brighton	12,108	+2.2%	50.2	$73k	42.6%
130	Erin	11,981	+4.7%	43.0	$107k	63.6%
131	Lambton Shores	11,876	+11.7%	49.9	$71k	47.1%
132	Meaford	11,485	+4.5%	48.8	$71k	49.2%
133	Elliot Lake	11,372	+5.9%	53.4	$48k	29.4%
134	Wellesley	11,318	+0.5%	36.5	$103k	68.4%
135	North Dundas	11,304	+0.2%	43.3	$79k	60.4%
136	Norwich	11,151	+2.9%	37.5	$84k	64.2%
137	Georgian Bluffs	11,100	+5.9%	46.5	$83k	52.8%
138	Tay	11,091	+10.5%	45.6	$73k	50.7%
139	Hamilton	11,059	+1.1%	45.4	$91k	55.9%
140	South Dundas	11,044	+1.8%	46.7	$70k	49.8%
141	Adjala-Tosorontio	10,989	+0.1%	42.9	$100k	61.0%
142	Rideau Lakes	10,883	+5.4%	49.2	$75k	47.9%
143	Mapleton	10,839	+3.0%	34.6	$94k	71.4%
144	North Dumfries	10,619	+4.0%	40.9	$108k	64.5%
145	Grey Highlands	10,424	+6.3%	44.0	$75k	56.2%
146	Ramara	10,377	+9.4%	48.6	$75k	48.3%
147	Hawkesbury	10,194	-0.7%	49.7	$49k	42.7%
148	North Glengarry	10,144	+0.3%	47.3	$63k	54.8%
149	Penetanguishene	10,077	+12.4%	48.8	$67k	45.4%
150	South Huron	10,063	-0.3%	46.6	$69k	53.7%
151	Cavan Monaghan	10,016	+13.4%	43.2	$94k	58.2%
152	Alfred and Plantagenet	9,949	+2.8%	43.8	$74k	59.1%
153	Leeds and the Thousand Islands	9,804	+3.6%	47.4	$79k	52.7%
154	Brockton	9,784	+3.4%	43.7	$74k	58.1%
155	Temiskaming Shores	9,634	-2.9%	46.0	$64k	52.0%
156	Arnprior	9,629	+9.5%	46.0	$67k	50.2%
157	Elizabethtown-Kitley	9,545	-0.9%	46.5	$81k	56.8%
158	Huron East	9,512	+4.1%	41.9	$72k	60.6%
159	Laurentian Valley	9,450	+0.7%	43.3	$83k	55.3%
160	Mono	9,421	+9.4%	43.6	$116k	59.2%
161	The Blue Mountains	9,390	+33.7%	52.3	$86k	47.6%
162	Malahide	9,308	+0.2%	37.9	$84k	62.9%
163	Smiths Falls	9,254	+5.4%	45.4	$56k	47.2%
164	South Bruce Peninsula	9,137	+8.6%	50.3	$65k	47.0%
165	Minto	9,094	+4.9%	41.5	$75k	61.5%
166	West Perth	9,038	+2.0%	40.8	$81k	68.2%
167	Beckwith	9,021	+18.0%	41.8	$107k	63.3%
168	Shelburne	8,994	+10.7%	37.8	$87k	63.1%
169	Southgate	8,716	+18.5%	37.6	$77k	59.2%
170	Champlain	8,665	-0.5%	47.8	$74k	52.2%
171	Zorra	8,628	+6.0%	40.6	$91k	66.4%
172	Plympton-Wyoming	8,308	+6.6%	43.0	$94k	56.6%
173	Renfrew	8,190	-0.4%	49.4	$55k	43.8%
174	Drummond/North Elmsley	8,183	+5.3%	45.9	$85k	55.6%
175	Kapuskasing	8,057	-2.8%	45.5	$62k	48.9%
176	Hanover	7,967	+3.6%	46.9	$62k	50.0%
177	Puslinch	7,944	+8.3%	45.5	$112k	59.0%
178	Goderich	7,881	+3.3%	48.7	$63k	47.6%
179	East Zorra-Tavistock	7,841	+10.2%	42.2	$86k	66.5%
180	Stone Mills	7,826	+1.6%	43.6	$80k	58.3%
181	Central Huron	7,799	+2.9%	45.5	$71k	57.7%
182	Kirkland Lake	7,750	-2.9%	44.3	$56k	48.5%
183	Huron-Kinloss	7,723	+9.3%	43.8	$80k	55.1%
184	Aylmer	7,699	+2.8%	40.6	$66k	54.6%
185	Muskoka Lakes	7,652	+16.2%	50.6	$77k	53.5%
186	Douro-Dummer	7,632	+13.8%	44.8	$85k	54.7%
187	McNab/Braeside	7,591	+5.8%	44.5	$86k	57.0%
188	South-West Oxford	7,583	-0.7%	39.4	$86k	62.8%
189	Blandford-Blenheim	7,565	+2.2%	41.3	$93k	64.3%
190	Bluewater	7,540	+5.7%	46.6	$75k	56.4%
191	Edwardsburgh/Cardinal	7,505	+6.1%	44.9	$75k	53.8%
192	Kenora	7,475	+11.7%	48.5	$76k	50.8%
193	Alnwick/Haldimand	7,473	+8.8%	45.7	$89k	55.1%
194	Fort Frances	7,466	-3.5%	44.6	$69k	54.8%
195	North Stormont	7,400	+7.7%	39.8	$81k	63.7%
196	Dryden	7,388	-4.7%	45.4	$72k	53.1%
197	St. Marys	7,386	+1.7%	46.1	$76k	53.7%
198	Augusta	7,386	+0.4%	45.6	$84k	55.5%
199	Whitewater Region	7,225	+3.1%	44.4	$73k	54.4%
200	Dysart et al	7,182	+14.4%	52.7	$69k	44.9%
201	Bayham	7,096	-4.1%	36.6	$74k	54.3%
202	Otonabee-South Monaghan	7,087	+6.3%	45.3	$84k	54.1%
203	Chatsworth	7,080	+6.8%	43.3	$73k	54.9%
204	Minden Hills	6,971	+14.5%	52.0	$67k	43.7%
205	Arran-Elderslie	6,913	+1.6%	42.2	$71k	60.5%
206	Wainfleet	6,887	+8.1%	43.8	$84k	56.1%
207	Parry Sound	6,879	+7.4%	49.4	$56k	49.2%
208	Cramahe	6,509	+2.4%	45.2	$77k	54.0%
209	Perth	6,469	+9.1%	52.7	$57k	41.1%
210	Trent Lakes	6,439	+19.3%	51.7	$75k	43.4%
211	North Middlesex	6,307	-0.7%	42.9	$79k	63.0%
212	Thunder Bay	6,221	+6.0%	46.3	$72k	48.2%
213	Tweed	6,067	+0.4%	48.5	$62k	47.0%
214	Oliver Paipoonge	6,035	+1.9%	43.5	$93k	56.1%
215	Petrolia	6,013	+4.7%	43.3	$76k	52.9%
216	Tay Valley	5,925	+4.6%	50.7	$79k	47.6%
217	Southwest Middlesex	5,893	+3.0%	43.2	$72k	55.8%
218	Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh	5,884	+8.5%	45.2	$70k	54.5%
219	South Bruce	5,880	+4.3%	41.1	$78k	62.0%
220	Sioux Lookout	5,839	+10.8%	39.0	$89k	66.7%
221	Lanark Highlands	5,737	+7.5%	46.9	$71k	51.5%
222	Lucan Biddulph	5,680	+20.9%	38.5	$91k	68.2%
223	Cochrane	5,390	+1.3%	42.3	$68k	51.8%
224	Gananoque	5,383	+4.3%	49.0	$60k	49.3%
225	Seguin	5,280	+22.7%	49.1	$74k	51.7%
226	Espanola	5,185	+2.7%	46.0	$69k	47.8%
227	Havelock-Belmont-Methuen	5,083	+12.2%	48.8	$64k	42.8%
228	West Elgin	5,060	+1.3%	45.3	$68k	53.9%
229	North Huron	5,052	+2.4%	43.1	$68k	57.7%
230	Stirling-Rawdon	5,015	+2.7%	44.1	$72k	54.6%

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