Population
| Toronto population by year, within present boundaries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | City | Urban | CMA | GTA | GTHA | GH | GGH |
| 1861 | 65,085 | — | 193,844 | — | — | — | — |
| 1901 | 238,080 | — | 440,000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1931 | 856,955 | — | 810,000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1941 | 951,549 | — | 900,000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,176,622 | — | 1,262,000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,824,481 | — | 1,919,000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1971 | 2,089,729 | — | 2,628,045 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 2,124,291 | — | 2,803,101 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 2,137,395 | — | 2,998,947 | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 2,192,721 | — | 3,427,170 | 3,733,085 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 2,275,771 | — | 3,893,933 | 4,235,756 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 2,385,421 | — | 4,263,759 | 4,628,883 | 5,096,682 | 5,500,186 | 6,935,499 |
| 2001 | 2,481,494 | 4,375,899 | 4,682,897 | 5,081,826 | 5,572,104 | 5,982,678 | 7,532,246 |
| 2006 | 2,503,281 | 4,732,361 | 5,113,149 | 5,555,912 | 6,060,471 | 6,487,892 | 8,164,593 |
| 2011 | 2,615,060 | 5,132,794 | 5,583,064 | 6,054,191 | 6,574,140 | 7,005,486 | 8,759,312 |
The last complete census by Statistics Canada estimated there were 2,615,060 people living in Toronto, making it the largest city in Canada, and the fifth most populous municipality in North America.
| City of Toronto (2011 census) | 2,615,060 |
| Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (2011 census) |
5,583,064 |
| Annual Growth Rate | 0.9% |
Population growth studies have projected the City of Toronto's population in 2020 to reach 3,000,000, and the Greater Toronto Area would reach a population of roughly 7.5 million in 2025. Toronto's population grew by 1.0% from 2001 to 2006, with an annual growth rate of 0.2%. As of 2001, 17.5% of the population was 14 years and under, and 13.6% was 65 years and over; the median age was 36.9 years. Most recent studies show this has dropped to around 35.4 years of age, and the growth rate has increased to 0.4%.
2011 Census population data for the City of Toronto are to found readily aggregrated at a finer level than the city as a whole at i. the electoral district (riding) level (2003 redistribution) and ii. the neighbourhood level. The three ridings with the largest increase in population between 2006 and 2011 in the City of Toronto have been Trinity-Spadina (25.5%), Etobicoke-Lakeshore (7.3%), and Toronto Centre (7.3%); actually, the following four (4) ridings in the GTA have had a higher population increase even than Trinity-Spadina, and along with the aforementioned City of Toronto riding constitute the five (5) Ontario ridings with the highest increase in population: Oak Ridges-Markham (35.5%), Halton (33.9%), Vaughan (27.1%), and Bramalea-Gore-Malton (25.8%). On the contrary, the population in the Davenport riding actually decreased (-2.2%), whereas in Scarborough-Agincourt (+0.2%) and Toronto-Danforth (+0.3%) it only marginally increased (these are the lowest figures for the GTA at large too).
The neighbourhoods in the City of Toronto that experienced the highest increase in population from 2001 to 2011 are:
- Toronto: Waterfront Communities-The Island (133.6%), Niagara (83.4%), Bay Street Corridor (37.7%), Church-Yonge Corridor (29.6%), Mount Pleasant West (25.4%), Moss Park (24.3%), Junction Area (15.5%), Cabbagetown-South St. James Town (13.7%), Casa Loma (12.3%), University (11.4%)
- North York: Willowdale East (66.7%), Bayview Village (42.4%), Willowdale West (31.6%), Lansing-Westgate (24.4%), Banbury-Don Mills (16.7%), Bathurst Manor (15.2%), Newtonbrook West (12.5%), Englemount-Lawrence (10.1%)
- Scarborough: Rouge (59.6%), Clairlea-Birchmount (24.0%), Bendale (21.4%)
- Etobicoke: Islington-City Centre West (20.9%), Kingsway South (11.9%)
- East York: Thorncliffe Park (15.7%)
It is in the neighbourhoods of Corso Italia-Davenport (-12.8%), Greenwood-Coxwell (-11.9%), Regent Park (-11.3%), and Little Portugal (-10.3%) in the old city of Toronto; Woodbine-Lumsden (-10.4%) in East York; and Caledonia-Fairbank (-10.4%) and Beechborough-Greenbrook (-10.0%) in York that population has declined the most.
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Toronto
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