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Do not fill this in! ===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 β 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 }}". 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CERIS β 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 (2001β2021) ! 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 |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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