Demographics
Population
- The population of the City of Toronto is 2.7 million people, with 5.8 million people living in the region (Toronto Economic Indicators, 2012).
- Toronto is the fourth largest City in North America.
- The regional population of Toronto is projected to grow to 7.45 million people by 2031.
- The population of the City of Toronto is expected to reach
3 million people by 2031.
Population of Toronto (Millions)
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Forecasted Population of Toronto
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Ethnic Origin & Visible Minorities
- Toronto's rich, multicultural diversity is expressed by the more than 200 distinct ethnicities (Statistics Canada, Censues 2006).
- Businesses located in the Toronto region have access to a multilingual workforce with French as the third language most often spoken at work after English and Chinese.
- Across Canada since 1981, there has been a 4-fold increase in people who identify themselves as visible minorities - up from 1.1 million in 1981 to just over 5 million in 2006.
- The Toronto region has the largest visible minority population of any Canadian region (43%).
- The top five visible minority populations in Toronto:
- South Asian - 298,370 (or 12%)
- Chinese - 283,075 (11.4%)
- Black - 208,555 (8.4%)
- Filipino - 102,555 (4.1%)
- Latin American - 64,860 (2.6%)
Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no 94-581-XCB20062007
Frequency of Language at Work
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