Ontario

=== Ethnicity ===
{{Main|Demographics of Ontario#Ethnic origins}}
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The percentages given below add to more than 100 per cent because of dual responses (e.g., "French and Canadian" response generates an entry both in the category "[[French Canadian]]" and in the category "Canadian").

The majority of Ontarians are of [[English Canadians|English]] or other [[European Canadians|European descent]] including large Scottish, Irish and Italian communities. Slightly less than 5 per cent of the population of Ontario is [[Franco-Ontarian]], that is those whose native tongue is French, although those with French ancestry account for 11 per cent of the population. Compared to natural increase or [[interprovincial migration in Canada|interprovincial migration]], [[Immigration to Canada|immigration]] is a huge population growth force in Ontario, as it has been over the last two centuries. More recent sources of immigrants with large or growing communities in Ontario include [[East Asian Canadians|East Asians]], [[South Asian Canadians|South Asians]], Caribbeans, Latin Americans, Europeans, and Africans. Most populations have settled in the larger urban centres.