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HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED SHARE OF ONTARIO POPULATION BY CENSUS DIVISION, EVERY FIFTH YEAR

TABLE 7
(Per Cent)		 HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED SHARE OF ONTARIO POPULATION BY CENSUS DIVISION,
EVERY FIFTH YEAR1 — REFERENCE SCENARIO
  Historical Projections
 
Census Division 2001 2006 2007 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) 44.6 46.4 46.8 47.7 48.7 49.5 50.2 50.8
Toronto 21.8 20.8 20.7 20.2 19.8 19.4 19.0 18.6
Durham 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.2
Halton 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.7
Peel 8.7 9.9 10.1 10.7 11.3 11.8 12.2 12.6
York 6.4 7.5 7.6 8.1 8.6 9.0 9.4 9.7
Central (Excluding GTA) 22.1 21.7 21.6 21.5 21.4 21.3 21.3 21.2
Brant 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Dufferin 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Haldimand-Norfolk 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Haliburton 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hamilton 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8
Muskoka 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Niagara 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9
Northumberland 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Peterborough 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Simcoe 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9
Kawartha Lakes 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Waterloo 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
Wellington 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Eastern 13.5 13.1 13.0 12.8 12.6 12.5 12.3 12.2
Ottawa 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5
Frontenac 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Hastings 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Lanark 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Leeds & Grenville 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Lennox & Addington 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Prescott & Russell 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Prince Edward 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Renfrew 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
Southwestern 13.0 12.4 12.4 12.1 11.8 11.5 11.2 11.0
Bruce 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Elgin 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Essex 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8
Grey 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Huron 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Chatham-Kent 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Lambton 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Middlesex 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2
Oxford 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Perth 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Northeastern 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4
Algoma 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Cochrane 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Manitoulin 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nipissing 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Parry Sound 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Greater Sudbury 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0
Sudbury 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Timiskaming 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Northwestern 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4
Kenora 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Rainy River 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Thunder Bay 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
Ontario 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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.

 

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