Ontario (Canada)

Province

The population development of Ontario.

Name	Status	Population Estimate 1997-07-01	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2021-07-01
Ontario	Province	11,227,651	12,093,299	12,764,806	13,390,632	14,070,141	14,826,276	→
Canada	Country	29,905,948	31,358,418	32,889,025	34,714,222	36,545,236	38,246,108

Contents: Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations

The population development of the metropolitan areas and census agglomerations in Ontario.

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Name	Status	Province(s)	Population Estimate 1997-07-01	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2021-07-01
Arnprior	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,062	16,089	16,662	18,185	→
Barrie	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	146,495	161,642	186,501	194,450	206,729	221,576	→
Belleville	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	...	...	104,664	104,718	107,922	113,729	→
Brantford	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	123,674	129,629	136,502	139,847	145,652	154,483	→
Brockville	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	40,747	39,352	39,681	40,948	→
Carleton Place	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	28,778	30,363	33,397	38,877	→
Centre Wellington (Fergus)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	26,996	27,639	29,506	32,060	→
Chatham-Kent	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	111,170	106,000	105,259	107,929	→
Cobourg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	18,783	19,423	20,020	19,962	→
Collingwood	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	18,209	20,456	22,668	25,249	→
Cornwall	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	60,340	60,559	61,443	62,235	→
Elliot Lake	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	11,763	11,301	11,144	11,524	→
Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	168,582	161,198	167,308	168,205	169,578	172,781	→
Guelph	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	114,021	131,172	140,239	147,971	159,996	169,674	→
Hamilton	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	643,286	697,023	721,376	747,678	777,572	812,528	→
Hawkesbury	Census Agglomeration	Ontario / Québec	...	...	12,484	12,426	12,399	12,634	→
Ingersoll	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	12,204	12,665	13,367	14,149	→
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	76,177	75,517	78,492	82,401	→
Kenora	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,608	15,699	15,855	15,904	→
Kingston	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	148,855	154,919	158,849	164,353	169,487	176,467	→
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo (Tri-Cities)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	400,687	439,937	492,486	517,359	553,526	600,304	→
Leamington	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	51,480	50,631	53,058	53,284	→
London	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	439,584	458,586	478,557	491,868	520,146	556,397	→
Midland	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	36,531	36,132	38,042	40,299	→
Norfolk (Simcoe)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	64,615	64,434	67,019	71,820	→
North Bay	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	74,134	74,083	73,190	74,426	→
Orillia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	31,374	31,793	32,577	34,582	→
Oshawa	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	284,834	315,099	347,901	372,288	398,742	434,736	→
Ottawa - Gatineau (National Capital Region)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario / Québec	1,036,836	1,126,321	1,205,632	1,303,562	1,384,897	1,476,756	→
Owen Sound	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	33,215	32,665	32,887	34,269	→
Pembroke	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	24,241	24,935	23,897	23,328	→
Petawawa	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,700	16,660	17,998	19,719	→
Peterborough	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	111,976	116,736	120,672	122,458	127,162	131,608	→
Port Hope	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	16,852	16,561	17,494	17,773	→
Sarnia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	99,577	99,549	98,595	100,483	→
Sault Ste. Marie	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	82,874	82,217	80,204	80,268	→
St. Catharines - Niagara	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	381,539	394,772	402,845	404,504	422,407	439,777	→
Stratford	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	31,662	31,845	32,771	34,219	→
Thunder Bay	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	133,371	126,800	125,977	125,031	125,535	125,247	→
Tillsonburg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,341	16,117	16,647	17,575	→
Timmins	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	44,514	44,323	42,659	42,183	→
Toronto (Greater Toronto Area)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	4,493,065	5,004,011	5,415,765	5,852,841	6,217,328	6,572,524	→
Wasaga Beach	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,972	18,651	22,054	24,554	→
Windsor	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	299,666	326,624	335,457	329,971	340,999	351,116	→
Woodstock	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	37,351	39,972	43,093	48,213	→

Source: Statistics Canada (web).

Explanation: Boundaries of metropolitan areas and census agglomerations according to the definition of 2016. In contrast to census figures, population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration.