Province
The population development of Ontario according to official estimates.
| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A-L (km²) | Population Estimate (E) 2002-07-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2007-07-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2012-07-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2017-07-01 | Population Estimate (Ep) 2022-07-01 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | CAN | Fed | Ottawa | 8,965,121 | 31,358,418 | 32,887,928 | 34,752,128 | 36,545,236 | 38,929,902 | → | ||
| Ontario | ONT | Prov | Toronto | 908,608 | 12,093,299 | 12,764,195 | 13,410,082 | 14,070,141 | 15,109,416 | 90860800 | → |
- Statistics Canada (web).
Major Cities
| Name | Population Estimate (Ep) 2022-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toronto | 3,025,647 |
| 2 | Ottawa | 1,071,868 |
| 3 | Mississauga | 771,891 |
| 4 | Brampton | 745,557 |
| 5 | Hamilton | 597,010 |
| 6 | London | 448,051 |
| 7 | Markham | 352,404 |
| 8 | Vaughan | 338,891 |
| 9 | Kitchener | 282,375 |
Contents: Cities & Towns
The population of all cities and towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants (plus some selected municipalities) in Ontario according to official estimates.
| Name | Status | Population Estimate (E) 2002-07-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2007-07-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2012-07-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2017-07-01 | Population Estimate (Ep) 2022-07-01 | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | Town | 80,271 | 99,888 | 115,435 | 125,012 | 135,180 | 6700 | → | |
| Amherstburg | Town | 21,670 | 22,646 | 22,142 | 22,745 | 23,854 | 18561 | → | |
| Arnprior | UA | 7,438 | 7,685 | 8,607 | 9,085 | 10,295 | 1307 | ||
| Aurora | Town | 44,151 | 50,448 | 55,020 | 59,113 | 64,991 | 4985 | → | |
| Barrie | City | 114,503 | 136,336 | 142,135 | 145,536 | 157,194 | 9904 | → | |
| Belleville | City | 48,585 | 50,899 | 50,847 | 53,023 | 57,363 | 24725 | → | |
| Bracebridge | Town | 14,735 | 15,942 | 16,125 | 16,846 | 18,173 | 62822 | → | |
| Bradford West Gwillimbury | Town | 23,710 | 25,326 | 30,712 | 39,682 | 47,810 | 20104 | → | |
| Brampton | City | 365,421 | 476,396 | 555,850 | 638,663 | 745,557 | 26636 | → | |
| Brant (incl. Paris) | City | 33,418 | 36,002 | 37,010 | 37,143 | 41,899 | 84325 | → | |
| Brantford | City | 90,539 | 94,021 | 96,735 | 102,745 | 110,617 | 7244 | → | |
| Brockville | City | 22,360 | 22,554 | 22,289 | 21,774 | 21,905 | 2085 | → | |
| Burlington | City | 159,617 | 171,889 | 182,992 | 188,899 | 194,175 | 18566 | → | |
| Caledon (incl. Bolton) | Town | 54,349 | 60,316 | 62,347 | 71,713 | 81,903 | 68816 | → | |
| Cambridge | City | 117,026 | 126,285 | 131,448 | 135,223 | 146,566 | 11301 | → | |
| Carleton Place | Town | 9,577 | 9,797 | 10,150 | 11,110 | 12,565 | 905 | → | |
| Chatham - Kent | Com | 111,232 | 110,737 | 105,591 | 104,829 | 108,689 | 245790 | → | |
| Clarence-Rockland | City | 20,732 | 22,068 | 24,386 | 25,259 | 27,561 | 29771 | → | |
| Clarington (incl. Bowmanville, Newcastle) | Com | 74,295 | 82,434 | 88,935 | 97,155 | 107,394 | 61140 | → | |
| Cobourg | Town | 18,051 | 18,679 | 19,353 | 20,210 | 21,077 | 2236 | → | |
| Collingwood | Town | 16,959 | 17,796 | 20,683 | 22,835 | 26,321 | 3378 | → | |
| Cornwall | City | 47,602 | 47,303 | 47,509 | 47,776 | 49,442 | 6156 | → | |
| East Gwillimbury (incl. Holland Landing, Sharon) | Town | 21,817 | 21,988 | 23,225 | 25,979 | 35,615 | 24504 | → | |
| Elliot Lake | City | 12,175 | 11,686 | 11,279 | 11,092 | 11,551 | 71465 | → | |
| Erin | Town | 11,515 | 11,500 | 11,170 | 11,799 | 12,044 | 29776 | → | |
| Essex | Town | 21,032 | 20,625 | 20,162 | 21,113 | 21,823 | 27797 | → | |
| Fort Erie | Town | 29,596 | 30,943 | 30,796 | 31,911 | 33,459 | 16627 | → | |
| Georgina (incl. Keswick) | Town | 42,257 | 43,965 | 45,058 | 47,292 | 49,323 | 28775 | → | |
| Gravenhurst | Town | 11,354 | 11,666 | 12,368 | 12,973 | 14,008 | 51806 | → | |
| Greater Napanee (incl. Napanee) | Town | 15,703 | 15,789 | 16,116 | 16,261 | 16,926 | 46117 | → | |
| Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury) | City | 160,730 | 164,334 | 165,293 | 166,303 | 171,446 | 322835 | → | |
| Grimsby | Town | 22,696 | 25,080 | 26,468 | 28,300 | 29,851 | 6893 | → | |
| Guelph | City | 112,642 | 120,333 | 127,665 | 138,171 | 149,942 | 8722 | → | |
| Haldimand County (incl. Cayuga, Caledonia, Hagersville) | City | 45,874 | 46,665 | 45,705 | 47,528 | 52,719 | 125154 | → | |
| Halton Hills (incl. Acton, Georgetown) | Town | 51,728 | 58,255 | 60,903 | 63,624 | 65,965 | 27627 | → | |
| Hamilton | City | 515,306 | 523,918 | 538,434 | 559,673 | 597,010 | 111729 | → | |
| Hawkesbury | Town | 10,810 | 11,066 | 10,769 | 10,465 | 10,632 | 962 | → | |
| Huntsville | Town | 18,274 | 19,280 | 19,698 | 20,680 | 22,629 | 71001 | → | |
| Ingersoll | Town | 11,573 | 12,283 | 12,640 | 13,417 | 14,485 | 1275 | → | |
| Innisfil | Town | 30,213 | 32,173 | 33,755 | 38,666 | 44,224 | 26271 | → | |
| Kawartha Lakes (incl. Lindsay) | City | 72,938 | 76,175 | 75,520 | 78,492 | 83,355 | 308438 | → | |
| Kenora | City | 16,341 | 15,727 | 15,646 | 15,733 | 15,766 | 21159 | → | |
| Kingston | City | 120,272 | 122,253 | 126,695 | 130,163 | 138,204 | 45119 | → | |
| Kingsville | Town | 20,834 | 21,822 | 22,017 | 22,510 | 23,968 | 24683 | → | |
| Kitchener | City | 201,574 | 214,992 | 228,888 | 248,048 | 282,375 | 13677 | → | |
| Lakeshore (incl. Belle River, Tilbury) | Town | 31,150 | 35,316 | 35,879 | 38,485 | 41,450 | 53033 | → | |
| LaSalle | Town | 27,101 | 29,287 | 29,603 | 31,934 | 34,023 | 6535 | → | |
| Leamington | Mun | 28,860 | 29,981 | 28,864 | 28,630 | 30,019 | 26201 | → | |
| Lincoln (incl. Beamsville) | Town | 21,694 | 22,602 | 23,361 | 24,358 | 25,945 | 16281 | → | |
| London | City | 354,488 | 368,065 | 380,426 | 404,875 | 448,051 | 42035 | → | |
| Markham | Town | 231,742 | 282,858 | 318,025 | 338,476 | 352,404 | 21235 | → | |
| Midland | Town | 16,902 | 16,942 | 17,032 | 17,696 | 18,737 | 3534 | → | |
| Milton | Town | 37,327 | 61,727 | 93,676 | 117,994 | 142,279 | 36322 | → | |
| Mississauga | City | 654,596 | 707,091 | 738,907 | 751,823 | 771,891 | 29243 | → | |
| Mississippi Mills (incl. Almonte) | Town | 12,199 | 12,209 | 12,765 | 13,821 | 15,555 | 51958 | → | |
| Mono | Town | 7,245 | 7,409 | 7,773 | 9,574 | 10,537 | 27783 | → | |
| Newmarket | Town | 71,639 | 78,247 | 83,475 | 87,211 | 91,481 | 3845 | → | |
| New Tecumseth (incl. Alliston) | Town | 27,688 | 29,263 | 32,074 | 37,760 | 45,588 | 27421 | → | |
| Niagara Falls | City | 82,631 | 84,820 | 86,250 | 91,965 | 99,007 | 20973 | → | |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | Town | 14,462 | 15,329 | 15,988 | 18,402 | 18,981 | 13281 | → | |
| Norfolk County (incl. Simcoe) | City | 63,629 | 64,554 | 64,626 | 66,538 | 71,506 | 160755 | → | |
| North Bay | City | 55,121 | 55,611 | 54,619 | 53,409 | 55,921 | 31911 | → | |
| Oakville | Town | 154,906 | 176,127 | 189,726 | 202,440 | 224,781 | 13889 | → | |
| Orangeville | Town | 26,754 | 28,169 | 28,739 | 29,851 | 31,009 | 1561 | → | |
| Orillia | City | 30,551 | 30,986 | 31,173 | 32,510 | 35,403 | 2858 | → | |
| Oshawa | City | 144,866 | 147,035 | 155,219 | 166,860 | 187,813 | 14564 | → | |
| Ottawa | City | 819,104 | 855,674 | 921,644 | 983,739 | 1,071,868 | 279030 | → | |
| Owen Sound | City | 22,389 | 22,436 | 21,946 | 21,820 | 22,456 | 2427 | → | |
| Pelham | Town | 16,030 | 16,711 | 17,059 | 17,901 | 18,275 | 12643 | → | |
| Pembroke | City | 14,088 | 14,461 | 14,669 | 14,129 | 14,336 | 1456 | → | |
| Penetanguishene | Town | 8,876 | 9,486 | 9,354 | 9,432 | 10,016 | 2558 | ||
| Petawawa | Town | 15,112 | 15,570 | 16,726 | 18,166 | 18,864 | 16669 | → | |
| Peterborough | City | 75,837 | 78,511 | 81,090 | 84,423 | 87,552 | 6425 | → | |
| Pickering | City | 90,707 | 91,288 | 91,571 | 95,659 | 105,407 | 23155 | → | |
| Port Colborne | City | 19,158 | 18,968 | 18,906 | 18,878 | 19,035 | 12196 | → | |
| Port Hope | Mun | 16,371 | 16,705 | 16,668 | 17,591 | 17,647 | 27887 | → | |
| Prince Edward County (incl. Picton) | City | 26,146 | 25,924 | 25,538 | 25,278 | 26,816 | 105049 | → | |
| Quinte West (incl. Trenton) | City | 43,426 | 44,275 | 44,190 | 45,389 | 47,464 | 49402 | → | |
| Richmond Hill | Town | 146,501 | 177,190 | 194,033 | 200,043 | 211,494 | 10111 | → | |
| Sarnia | City | 73,864 | 73,915 | 74,036 | 73,416 | 75,268 | 16485 | → | |
| Saugeen Shores (incl. Port Elgin, Southampton) | Town | 11,942 | 12,178 | 13,191 | 14,462 | 16,268 | 17105 | → | |
| Sault Ste. Marie | City | 76,980 | 77,492 | 76,642 | 74,768 | 75,673 | 22324 | → | |
| Shelburne | Town | 4,572 | 5,487 | 6,388 | 8,660 | 10,212 | 656 | ||
| St. Catharines | City | 134,843 | 135,617 | 135,403 | 137,721 | 144,829 | 9613 | → | |
| St. Thomas | City | 35,147 | 37,978 | 39,066 | 40,471 | 44,552 | 3563 | → | |
| Stratford | City | 31,260 | 31,547 | 31,961 | 32,706 | 34,532 | 2828 | → | |
| Tecumseh | Town | 25,451 | 24,957 | 24,006 | 24,108 | 23,880 | 9464 | → | |
| Temiskaming Shores (incl. Haileybury, New Liskeard) | City | 10,832 | 10,558 | 10,592 | 10,260 | 10,420 | 17811 | → | |
| Thorold | City | 18,823 | 18,842 | 18,157 | 19,914 | 24,814 | 8299 | → | |
| Thunder Bay | City | 113,140 | 112,118 | 111,374 | 111,687 | 111,113 | 32836 | → | |
| Tillsonburg | Town | 14,702 | 15,272 | 15,976 | 16,564 | 18,554 | 2233 | → | |
| Timmins | City | 45,336 | 44,559 | 44,231 | 42,481 | 42,304 | 297883 | → | |
| Toronto | City | 2,602,399 | 2,612,643 | 2,737,698 | 2,862,662 | 3,025,647 | 63020 | → | |
| Vaughan | City | 205,588 | 259,651 | 304,196 | 317,180 | 338,891 | 27356 | → | |
| Wasaga Beach | Town | 13,444 | 16,052 | 18,503 | 22,012 | 25,143 | 5864 | → | |
| Waterloo | City | 92,614 | 102,476 | 102,759 | 111,796 | 129,054 | 6402 | → | |
| Welland | City | 50,711 | 52,037 | 52,081 | 54,200 | 58,491 | 8104 | → | |
| Whitby | Town | 95,868 | 118,533 | 128,095 | 133,915 | 149,907 | 14666 | → | |
| Whitchurch - Stouffville | Town | 23,721 | 28,011 | 41,743 | 48,117 | 52,546 | 20622 | → | |
| Windsor | City | 221,623 | 223,129 | 218,308 | 225,539 | 236,789 | 14638 | → | |
| Woodstock | City | 35,343 | 37,367 | 39,716 | 43,234 | 49,236 | 4897 | → |
- Statistics Canada (web).