HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED ONTARIO POPULATION BY CENSUS DIVISION, EVERY FIFTH YEAR
| TABLE 6 (000s) |
HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED ONTARIO POPULATION BY CENSUS DIVISION, EVERY FIFTH YEAR1 — REFERENCE SCENARIO |
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| Historical | Projected | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Division | 2001 | 2006 | 2007 | 2011 | 2016 | 2021 | 2026 | 2031 |
| Greater Toronto Area (GTA) | 5,301.3 | 5,897.5 | 5,988.5 | 6,361.6 | 6,884.1 | 7,389.8 | 7,872.6 | 8,321.0 |
| Toronto | 2,592.5 | 2,646.3 | 2,651.7 | 2,698.5 | 2,800.3 | 2,896.5 | 2,979.6 | 3,045.2 |
| Durham | 527.0 | 585.5 | 595.4 | 638.0 | 693.4 | 749.0 | 804.6 | 858.0 |
| Halton | 390.2 | 456.8 | 469.0 | 518.2 | 581.6 | 644.4 | 706.6 | 766.3 |
| Peel | 1,032.3 | 1,260.8 | 1,296.5 | 1,424.9 | 1,594.0 | 1,755.9 | 1,910.8 | 2,056.7 |
| York | 759.3 | 948.1 | 975.9 | 1,082.0 | 1,214.9 | 1,344.0 | 1,471.0 | 1,594.9 |
| Central (Excluding GTA) | 2,624.9 | 2,756.1 | 2,766.8 | 2,875.8 | 3,031.0 | 3,186.3 | 3,334.0 | 3,462.7 |
| Brant | 128.9 | 135.3 | 135.9 | 141.8 | 149.9 | 158.0 | 165.6 | 172.0 |
| Dufferin | 53.0 | 56.2 | 56.1 | 60.1 | 65.3 | 70.2 | 74.6 | 78.5 |
| Haldimand-Norfolk | 109.5 | 112.3 | 112.6 | 114.6 | 118.1 | 122.0 | 125.9 | 129.4 |
| Haliburton | 15.7 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 18.8 |
| Hamilton | 510.1 | 520.5 | 519.7 | 534.3 | 556.2 | 578.1 | 599.5 | 618.9 |
| Muskoka | 55.3 | 57.1 | 57.1 | 58.8 | 61.5 | 64.5 | 67.5 | 70.0 |
| Niagara | 426.5 | 434.6 | 433.9 | 439.1 | 449.0 | 460.2 | 471.5 | 481.4 |
| Northumberland | 80.5 | 84.2 | 84.4 | 88.0 | 93.0 | 98.2 | 103.1 | 107.2 |
| Peterborough | 130.7 | 133.7 | 133.6 | 137.1 | 142.3 | 147.8 | 153.2 | 157.9 |
| Simcoe | 391.8 | 432.7 | 437.0 | 471.6 | 516.9 | 560.9 | 601.8 | 636.6 |
| Kawartha Lakes | 71.8 | 74.6 | 74.6 | 75.6 | 77.9 | 80.9 | 84.0 | 86.8 |
| Waterloo | 456.3 | 491.4 | 496.4 | 520.2 | 552.6 | 583.6 | 612.2 | 637.2 |
| Wellington | 194.8 | 207.6 | 209.2 | 218.5 | 231.6 | 244.6 | 256.9 | 268.0 |
| Eastern | 1,608.5 | 1,665.0 | 1,665.7 | 1,709.0 | 1,785.8 | 1,863.0 | 1,936.4 | 2,000.5 |
| Ottawa | 806.6 | 843.9 | 846.2 | 872.1 | 919.3 | 966.8 | 1,013.4 | 1,056.8 |
| Frontenac | 144.1 | 146.6 | 145.5 | 150.3 | 157.7 | 164.4 | 170.6 | 175.9 |
| Hastings | 132.2 | 136.6 | 136.9 | 140.3 | 146.2 | 152.3 | 157.9 | 162.3 |
| Lanark | 64.9 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 69.6 | 72.4 | 75.1 | 77.3 | 78.9 |
| Leeds & Grenville | 100.3 | 102.8 | 102.7 | 104.2 | 106.6 | 109.2 | 111.7 | 113.5 |
| Lennox & Addington | 41.0 | 42.2 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 45.1 | 46.9 | 48.6 | 49.9 |
| Prescott & Russell | 79.5 | 84.3 | 84.7 | 87.6 | 91.8 | 95.8 | 99.2 | 101.5 |
| Prince Edward | 25.8 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 27.8 | 29.0 | 30.2 | 31.1 |
| Renfrew | 98.8 | 99.5 | 99.2 | 99.8 | 102.5 | 105.4 | 107.8 | 109.7 |
| Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry | 115.3 | 115.5 | 114.6 | 114.8 | 116.3 | 118.1 | 119.8 | 120.9 |
| Southwestern | 1,541.4 | 1,580.5 | 1,581.8 | 1,613.4 | 1,664.3 | 1,715.7 | 1,763.9 | 1,804.0 |
| Bruce | 66.3 | 67.1 | 67.0 | 68.2 | 70.4 | 72.9 | 75.2 | 76.9 |
| Elgin | 84.7 | 89.5 | 90.8 | 94.0 | 98.6 | 103.2 | 107.4 | 110.9 |
| Essex | 390.5 | 404.4 | 403.8 | 411.7 | 424.0 | 435.7 | 446.3 | 455.0 |
| Grey | 92.5 | 94.8 | 94.9 | 97.1 | 101.0 | 105.4 | 109.9 | 114.0 |
| Huron | 62.0 | 61.6 | 61.4 | 62.1 | 63.6 | 65.3 | 67.1 | 68.5 |
| Chatham-Kent | 111.9 | 110.0 | 109.6 | 108.2 | 107.5 | 107.2 | 107.1 | 106.8 |
| Lambton | 131.8 | 132.5 | 132.2 | 132.4 | 133.5 | 134.9 | 136.3 | 137.2 |
| Middlesex | 422.0 | 437.0 | 438.4 | 452.4 | 472.6 | 491.9 | 509.3 | 524.0 |
| Oxford | 103.1 | 106.3 | 106.6 | 108.9 | 112.6 | 116.6 | 120.5 | 124.0 |
| Perth | 76.5 | 77.3 | 77.2 | 78.4 | 80.5 | 82.7 | 84.8 | 86.7 |
| Northeastern | 574.9 | 566.2 | 564.2 | 558.5 | 556.9 | 556.9 | 557.2 | 556.3 |
| Algoma | 123.9 | 121.2 | 120.5 | 118.2 | 116.6 | 115.4 | 114.6 | 113.5 |
| Cochrane | 89.6 | 85.1 | 84.2 | 80.9 | 78.2 | 75.9 | 73.9 | 72.0 |
| Manitoulin | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 |
| Nipissing | 86.3 | 85.4 | 84.9 | 85.4 | 86.7 | 88.0 | 89.2 | 90.1 |
| Parry Sound | 41.2 | 42.6 | 42.8 | 43.8 | 45.5 | 47.4 | 49.2 | 50.7 |
| Greater Sudbury | 161.2 | 162.2 | 162.5 | 162.7 | 163.5 | 164.4 | 165.1 | 165.2 |
| Sudbury | 23.8 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 20.9 |
| Timiskaming | 35.8 | 33.9 | 33.5 | 32.3 | 31.4 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 29.8 |
| Northwestern | 246.5 | 240.0 | 236.9 | 230.8 | 227.8 | 225.8 | 224.0 | 221.6 |
| Kenora | 66.5 | 66.0 | 65.3 | 64.3 | 64.6 | 65.0 | 65.2 | 65.1 |
| Rainy River | 23.0 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 19.4 |
| Thunder Bay | 157.0 | 152.0 | 149.7 | 145.4 | 142.7 | 140.7 | 139.0 | 137.1 |
| Ontario | 11,897.6 | 12,705.3 | 12,803.9 | 13,349.1 | 14,150.0 | 14,937.5 | 15,688.1 | 16,366.2 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, 2001 to 2007, and projections of Ontario Ministry of Finance. | ||||||||
| Notes: 1. Year is at July 1. | ||||||||
| 2. Figures may not add to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||
