Toronto

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Toronto}}
{{Historical populations
|title       = Population history of Toronto
|type        = Canada
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|percentages = 
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|1834|9252
|1841|14249
|1851|30776
|1861|44821
|1871|56092
|1881|86415
|1891|144023
|1901|238080
|1911|381383
|1921|521893
|1931|856955
|1941|951549
|1951|1176622
|1961|1824481
|1971|2089729
|1976|2124291
|1981|2137395
|1986|2192721
|1991|2275771
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]| 2385421
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]| 2481494
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]| 2503281
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]| 2615060
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]| 2731571
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]| 2794356
|source = <ref>{{cite web |title=Toronto Population |url=https://canadapopulation.org/toronto-population/ |website=Canada Population |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603012705/https://canadapopulation.org/toronto-population/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08070/88?r=0&s=1|title=Census of Canada, 1890–91 = Recensement du Cana... – Canadiana Online|website=www.canadiana.ca|access-date=January 22, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128045203/https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08070/88?r=0&s=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08061/422?r=0&s=1 |title=Census of Canada, 1880–81 = Recensement du Canada, 1880–81 |website=canadiana.ca |page=406 |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716020847/http://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08061/422?r=0&s=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_01612/46?r=0&s=1 |title=Census of the Canadas, 1860–61 |website=canadiana.com |page=78 |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716093346/http://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_01612/46?r=0&s=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_01608/65?r=0&s=1 |title=Census of the Canadas, 1851-2 |website=canadiana.ca |page=A38 |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716022331/http://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_01608/65?r=0&s=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08059/218?r=0&s=2|title=Censuses of Canada, 1665 to 1871 : statistics o... – Canadiana Online|website=www.canadiana.ca|access-date=January 22, 2021|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129213124/https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08059/218?r=0&s=2|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Toronto had a population of {{val|2794356|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1160892|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1253238|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2794356-2731571}}|2731571|1|%=&nbsp;percent}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2731571|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|631.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2794356|631.1|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 27, 2022 | archive-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512141434/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | url-status=live }}</ref>

At the [[census metropolitan area]] (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Toronto CMA had a population of {{val|6202225|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|2262473|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2394205|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:6202225-5928040}}|5928040|1|%=&nbsp;percent}} from its 2016 population of {{val|5928040|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|5902.75|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|6202225|5902.75|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCMA>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 28, 2022 | archive-date=March 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327085922/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, persons aged 14 years and under made up 14.5&nbsp;percent of the population, and those aged 65 and over made up 15.6&nbsp;percent.<ref name="sc-profile-to"/> The [[median]] age was 39.3 years.<ref name="sc-profile-to"/> The city's gender population is 48 percent male and 52 percent female.<ref name="sc-profile-to"/> Women outnumber men in all age groups 15 and older.<ref name="sc-profile-to"/>

The [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] reported that [[Immigration to Canada|immigrants]] (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 1,286,145 persons or 46.6&nbsp;percent of the total population of Toronto. Of the total immigrant population, the top countries of origin were Philippines (132,980 persons or 10.3%), China (129,750 persons or 10.1%), India (102,155 persons or 7.9%), Sri Lanka (47,895 persons or 3.7%), Jamaica (42,655 persons or 3.3%), Italy (37,705 persons or 2.9%), Iran (37,185 persons or 2.9%), Hong Kong (36,855 persons or 2.9%), United Kingdom (35,585 persons or 2.8%), and Portugal (34,360 persons or 2.7%).<ref name="2021censusB"/>

The city's foreign-born persons comprised 47 percent of the population,<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/> compared to 49.9 percent in 2006.<ref name="2006diversity">{{cite news|author=Francine Kopun|author2=Nicholas Keung|date=December 5, 2007|title=A city of unmatched diversity|work=Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/282694|url-status=dead|access-date=October 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016031301/http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/282694|archive-date=October 16, 2008}}</ref> According to the [[United Nations Development Programme]], Toronto has the second-highest percentage of constant foreign-born population among world cities, after [[Miami|Miami, Florida]]. While Miami's foreign-born population has traditionally consisted primarily of [[Cuba]]ns and other Latin Americans, no single nationality or culture dominates Toronto's immigrant population, placing it among the most diverse cities in the world.<ref name="2006diversity"/> In 2010, it was estimated over 100,000 immigrants arrived in the Greater Toronto Area each year.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 7, 2010|title=A few frank words about immigration|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/multiculturalism/a-few-frank-words-about-immigration/article1746816|url-status=live|access-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220200025/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/multiculturalism/a-few-frank-words-about-immigration/article1746816/|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}</ref>

===Race and ethnicity===
In 2016, the three most commonly reported ethnic origins overall were Chinese (332,830 or 12.5 percent), English (331,890 or 12.3 percent) and Canadian (323,175 or 12.0 percent).<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/> Common regions of ethnic origin were European (47.9 per cent), Asian (including Middle-Eastern – 40.1 per cent), African (5.5 per cent), Latin/Central/South American (4.2 per cent), and North American aboriginal (1.2 per cent).<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/>
[[File:Toronto Population Pyramid, 2021.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Population pyramid of Toronto from the [[2021 Canadian census]]]]
In 2016, 51.5 per cent of the residents of the city proper belonged to a visible minority group, compared to 49.1 per cent in 2011,<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/><ref name="www12.statcan.gc.ca">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Data=Count&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3520005&TABID=1 |title=National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011 |website=statcan.gc.ca |date=May 8, 2013 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=April 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409105927/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Data=Count&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3520005&TABID=1 |archive-date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> and 13.6 per cent in 1981.<ref>"[http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/pdf/research_publication/working_papers/wp6.pdf Toronto in Transition: Demographic Change in the Late Twentieth Century] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310180425/http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/pdf/research_publication/working_papers/wp6.pdf |date=March 10, 2012 }}". ([[PDF]]). CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre.</ref> The largest visible minority groups were [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]] (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan at 338,960 or 12.6 percent), [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]] ([[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] at 332,830 or 12.5 percent), and [[Black Canadians|Black]] (239,850 or 8.9 percent).<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/> Visible minorities are projected to increase to 63 percent of the city's population by 2031.<ref name="Visible minority">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/777547--visible-minority-will-mean-white-by-2031 |work=Toronto Star |date=March 10, 2010 |title=Visible Minority Will Mean White by 2013 |first=Noor |last=Javed |access-date=September 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023080550/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/777547--visible-minority-will-mean-white-by-2031 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

This diversity is reflected in Toronto's ethnic neighbourhoods, which include Chinatown, [[Corso Italia (Toronto)|Corso Italia]], Greektown, [[Kensington Market]], [[Koreatown, Toronto|Koreatown]], Little India, Little Italy, [[Little Jamaica]], Little Portugal and [[Roncesvalles, Toronto|Roncesvalles]] (Polish community).<ref>{{cite map|author =Jeff Clark|year =2013|title =Toronto Visible Minorities|url =http://neoformix.com/Projects/DotMaps/TorontoVisMin.html|website =Neoformix|access-date =September 12, 2015|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151109062730/http://neoformix.com/Projects/DotMaps/TorontoVisMin.html|archive-date =November 9, 2015|url-status =dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Toronto (2001−2021) 
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Toronto, City (C) [Census subdivision], Ontario |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=September 6, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016
! colspan="2" |2011
! colspan="2" |2006
! colspan="2" |2001
|-
![[Population|<abbr>Pop.</abbr>]]
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
|-
|[[European Canadians|European]]
|1,201,075
|43.5%
|1,282,750
|47.66%
|1,292,365
|50.17%
|1,300,330
|52.51%
|1,394,310
|56.75%
|-
|[[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
|385,440
|13.96%
|338,965
|12.59%
|317,100
|12.31%
|298,370
|12.05%
|253,920
|10.34%
|-
|[[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]
|351,625
|12.73%
|354,510
|13.17%
|327,930
|12.73%
|329,260
|13.3%
|301,060
|12.25%
|-
|[[Black Canadians|Black]]
|265,005
|9.6%
|239,850
|8.91%
|218,160
|8.47%
|208,555
|8.42%
|204,075
|8.31%
|-
|[[Southeast Asia]]n
|224,260
|8.12%
|194,360
|7.22%
|179,270
|6.96%
|140,050
|5.66%
|120,330
|4.9%
|-
|[[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]
|111,360
|4.03%
|96,355
|3.58%
|79,155
|3.07%
|65,240
|2.63%
|59,560
|2.42%
|-
|[[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
|92,455
|3.35%
|77,160
|2.87%
|71,205
|2.76%
|64,855
|2.62%
|54,350
|2.21%
|-
|[[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
|22,925
|0.83%
|23,065
|0.86%
|19,265
|0.75%
|13,605
|0.55%
|11,370
|0.46%
|-
|Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]
|107,135
|3.88%
|84,650
|3.14%
|71,590
|2.78%
|56,295
|2.27%
|57,840
|2.35%
|-
!Total: Visible minority
!1,537,280
!55.7%
!1,385,850
!51.5%
!1,264,410
!49.1%
!1,162,625
!47%
!1,062,505
!42.8%
|-
!Total responses
!2,761,285
!98.82%
!2,691,665
!98.54%
!2,576,025
!98.51%
!2,476,565
!98.93%
!2,456,805
!99.01%
|-
!Total population
!2,794,356
!100%
!2,731,571
!100%
!2,615,060
!100%
!2,503,281
!100%
!2,481,494
!100%
|-
| colspan="15" |Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses
|}

=== Religion===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Toronto included:<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00053520005&SearchText=toronto |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111073641/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00053520005&SearchText=toronto |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (1,274,450 persons or 46.2%)
*[[Irreligion in Canada|No religion and secular perspectives]] (845,615 persons or 30.6%)
*[[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (264,155 persons or 9.6%)
*[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (171,980 persons or 6.2%)
*[[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (99,390 persons or 3.6%)
*[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (62,475 persons or 2.3%)
*[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (21,545 persons or 0.8%)
*[[Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]] (935 persons or <0.1%)
*Other (20,730 persons or 0.8%)

===Language===
[[File:Toronto tripartite rubbish bin, May 2006.jpg|thumb|A waste receptacle in Toronto with an advert for the local multilingual emergency telephone service (from left to right and top to bottom: [[Canadian English|English]], [[Russian Canadians|Russian]], [[Vietnamese Canadians|Vietnamese]], [[Chinese Canadians#Language|Traditional Chinese]], [[Canadian French|French]], [[Punjabi Canadians|Punjabi]], [[Spanish Canadians|Spanish]], and [[Chinese Canadians#Language|Simplified Chinese]])]]
English is the predominant language spoken by Torontonians, with approximately 95 percent of residents having proficiency in it, although only 54.7 percent of Torontonians reported English as their mother tongue.<ref name=langcen>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Language&TABID=1&type=0|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census – Toronto – Ontario – Language Profile|website=statcan.gc.ca|publisher=Stats Canada|access-date=September 7, 2019|date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114033112/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Language&TABID=1&type=0|archive-date=January 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Greater Toronto English, or simply [[Toronto slang]], is a dialect found primarily in Toronto, primarily spoken by youths. English is one of two [[official bilingualism in Canada|official languages of Canada]], with the other being French. Approximately 1.6 percent of Torontonians reported French as their mother tongue, although 9.1 percent reported being bilingual in both official languages.<ref name=langcen/> In addition to services provided by the federal government, provincial services in Toronto are available in both official languages as a result of the ''[[French Language Services Act]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90f32|title=French Language Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.32|publisher=Queen's Printer for Ontario|year=2019|website=ontario.ca|access-date=September 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623122731/https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90f32|archive-date=June 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Approximately 4.9 percent of Torontonians reported having no knowledge in either of the official languages of the country.<ref name=langcen/>

Because the city is also home to many other languages, municipal services, most notably its [[911 (emergency telephone number)|9-1-1]] [[emergency telephone number|emergency telephone service]],{{efn|9-1-1 is the phone number for local emergency services, although GSM providers will also redirect phone calls made to [[112 (emergency telephone number)|1-1-2]] to local emergency services.}} is equipped to respond in over 150 languages.<ref name="911service">{{cite web |title=9-1-1 = EMERGENCY in any language |website=toronto.ca |publisher=[[Municipal government of Toronto|City of Toronto]] |url=http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=4e142140f1c8f310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=163307ceb6f8e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |access-date=January 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028143249/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=4e142140f1c8f310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=163307ceb6f8e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |archive-date=October 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=lan3>[http://www12.statcan.ca:80/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&SUB=0&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=838003 Various Languages Spoken – Toronto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408053330/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=838003&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=89189&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |date=April 8, 2020 }} [[Census metropolitan area|CMA]], Statistics Canada (2006); retrieved September 9, 2009.</ref> In the [[2001 Canadian census]], the collective [[varieties of Chinese]] and Italian are the most widely spoken languages at work after English.<ref name=lan>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&View=2&Table=1&Code=535&Sort=2&B1=&B2=1 Language used at work by mother tongue in Toronto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421124848/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&View=2&Table=1&Code=535&Sort=2&B1=&B2=1 |date=April 21, 2008 }} [[Census metropolitan area|CMA]], Statistics Canada (2001). Retrieved December 5, 2006.</ref><ref name=lang2>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CSD&View=4&Code=3520005&Table=1&StartRec=1&Sort=5&B1=Toronto&B2=1 Language used at work by mother tongue (City of Toronto)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421122342/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CSD&View=4&Code=3520005&Table=1&StartRec=1&Sort=5&B1=Toronto&B2=1 |date=April 21, 2008 }}, Statistics Canada (2001); retrieved December 5, 2006.</ref> Approximately 55 percent of respondents who reported proficiency in a Chinese language reported knowledge of Mandarin in the 2016 census.<ref name=langcen/>