Demographics

Table 1  Regional Population Changes, 1996 to 2001
Table 2  Local Population Changes, 1996 to 2001
Table 3 Age Characteristics of the Population
Table 4  Common-law Relationship and Marital Status
Table 5  Language(s) First Learned and Still Understood
Table 6  Mobility Status - Place of Residence 1 Year Ago
Table 7  Mobility Status - Place of Residence 5 Years Ago
Table 8  Immigration Characteristics 
Table 9  Aboriginal Population
Table 10  Visible Minority Status
Table 11  School Attendance
Table 12  Highest Level of Schooling
Table 13  Earnings
Table 14  Language Used Most Often at Work
Table 15  Place of Work Status
Table 16  Mode of Transportation to Work
Table 17  Unpaid Work
Table 18  Labour Force Indicators
Table 19  Industry
Table 20  Occupation
Table 21  Income
Table 22  Selected Family Characteristics
Table 23  Selected Household Characteristics
Table 24  Selected Occupied Private Dwelling Characteristics
Table 25  Religion


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2006 Demographics

Data from Canada's 2006 Census, which took place on May 16, 2006, suggests that City of Windsor's population grew by 3.5 percent between 2001 and 2006, from 209,218 (adjusted due to boundary change on January 1, 2003) to 216,473. The population of Windsor Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which according to Statistics Canada includes the towns of Amherstburg, LaSalle, Lakeshore and Tecumseh, grew by 5.4 percent during the same period, from 307,877 to 323,342.  This makes it the 16th largest metropolitan area in Canada, bigger than Saskatoon, Regina, Sherbrooke, St. John’s and Barrie, but smaller than London, Kitchener, and St. Catharines-Niagara, Oshawa and Victoria. During the same period, the population of Ontario grew by 6.6 percent, and 5.4 percent nationwide.

As information is released by Statistics Canada, the following tables will outline the demographic characteristics of Windsor's population.

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For further information, please contact:
Chris Aspila
Planning Department
City of Windsor
Phone: (519) 255-6543, ext. 6446
Fax: (519) 255-6544
Email: caspila@city.windsor.on.ca

 

Table 1  Regional Population Changes, 1996 to 2001

 

​Characteristics	​Windsor	​Windsor CMA	​Ontario	​Canada
​Population in 2001	​208,402	​307,877	​11,410,046	​30,007,094
​Population in 1996	​197,694	​286,811	​10,753,573	​28,846,761
​Population change (%)	​5.4	​7.3	​6.1	​4.0
​Total private dwellings	​88,533	​124,097	​4,556,240	​12,548,588
​Population density (people per sq.km.)	​1,727.7	​301.1	​12.6	​3.3
​Land area (sq. km.)	​120.63	​1,022.53	​907,655.59	​9,012,112.20

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

 

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Table 2  Local Population Changes, 1996 to 2001

 

​Cities, Towns and Region	1996​	​2001	​Change	​% Change
​Windsor CMA	​286,811	​307,877	​21,066	​7.3%
​Amherstburg	​19,273	​20,339	​1,066	​5.5%
​Essex	​19,437	​20,085	​648	​3.3%
​Lakeshore	​26,127	​28,746	​2,619	​10.0%
​Tecumseh	​23,151	​25,105	​1,954	​8.4%
​LaSalle	​20,566	​25,285	​4,719	​22.9%
​Windsor City	​197,694	​208,402	​10,708	​5.4%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002

 

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Table 3 Age Characteristics of the Population

 

​Characteristics ​	​ ​ ​Windsor			​ ​ ​Ontario
	Total​	​Male	Female​	​Total	Male​	​Female
​Total - All persons	​208,405	​101,925	​106,475	​11,410,050	​5,577,055	​5,832,990
​Age 0-4	​13,155	​6,810	​6,345	​671,250	​343,340	​327,905
​Age 5-14	​26,495	​13,680	​12,810	​1,561,500	​801,355	​760,145
​Age 15-19	​12,960	​6,555	​6,400	​769,420	​394,915	​374,500
​Age 20-24	​15,330	​7,600	​7,730	​718,420	​359,645	​358,775
​Age 25-44	​65,915	​33,355	​32,560	​3,518,010	​1,724,535	​1,793,480
​Age 45-54	​26,910	​13,220	​13,690	​1,635,280	​801,540	​833,740
​Age 55-64	​18,305	​8,800	​9,500	​1,064,000	​520,565	​543,430
​Age 65-74	​15,595	​7,070	​8,530	​818,165	​383,625	​434,545
​Age 75-84	​10,645	​4,015	​6,630	​503,930	​202,265	​301,665
​Age 85 and over	​3,100	​815	​2,285	​150,075	​45,260	​104,810
​Median age of the population	​36.0	​34.8	​37.2	​37.2	​36.4	​38.0
​% of the population ages 15 and over	​81.0	​79.9	​82.0	​80.4	​79.5	​81.3

 

​Characteristics ​ ​ ​	​ ​ ​Windsor			​ ​ ​ ​​Ontario
	​ ​ ​Total ​​ ​ ​​	​Male	​Female	​Total	​Male	​Female
​Total population	​205,865	​101,030	​104,840	​11,285,545	​5,529,145	​5,756,400
​Canadian-born population	​148,805	​72,990	​75,815	​8,164,860	​4,029,890	​4,134,965
​Foreign-born population	​55,325	​27,125	​28,200	​3,030,075	​1,453,510	​1,576,565
​Immigrated before 1991	​33,135	​15,970	​17,165	​2,007,705	​964,585	​1,043,120
​Immigrated between 1991 and 2001	​22,185	​11,155	​11,030	​1,022,370	​488,930	​533,440
​Non-permanent residents	​1,740	​915	​820	​90,615	​45,745	​44,870

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 9  Aboriginal Population

 

​Characteristics ​ ​	​ ​ ​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​​			​ ​ ​​​Ontario
	​​ ​Total ​​ ​ ​​	​​Male	​​Female	​​ ​Total ​​ ​ ​​	​​Male	​​Female
​Total population	​205,865	​101,030	​104,840	​11,285,545	​5,529,150	​5,756,400
​Aboriginal identity population	​2,860	​1,430	​1,430	​188,315	​91,140	​97,180
​Non-Aboriginal population	​203,005	​99,595	​103,410	​11,097,235	​5,438,010	​5,659,225

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 10  Visible Minority Status

 

​​Characteristics ​  ​	​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​​			​ ​ ​ ​​​Ontario
	​ ​Total ​​	​​​Male	​​​Female	​ ​Total ​​	​​​Male	​​​Female
​Total population	​205,865	101,030 ​	​104,840	​11,285,550	​5,529,145	​5,756,400
​Visible minority population	​35,350	​17,850	​17,505	​2,153,045	​1,049,890	​1,103,160
​Chinese	​5,085	​2,390	​2,695	​481,510	​234,925	​246,585
​South Asian	​5,655	​3,030	​2,625	​554,870	​281,355	​273,510
​Black	​7,150	​3,515	​3,640	​411,090	​193,110	​217,980
​Filipino	​2,360	​1,115	​1,245	​156,515	​67,090	​89,425
​Latin American	​2,135	​1,070	​1,060	​106,835	​51,965	​54,870
​Southeast Asian	​2,645	​1,345	​1,305	​86,410	​42,655	​43,750
​Arab	​7,440	​3,910	​3,525	​88,545	​47,385	​41,155
​West Asian	​1,045	​590	​460	​67,100	​35,440	​31,660
​Korean	​305	​160	​150	​53,955	​26,090	​27,855
​Japanese	​130	​55	​80	​24,925	​11,840	​13,085
​Visible minority	​1,130	​560	​570	​78,915	​36,915	​42,000
​Multiple visible minorities	​255	​105	​155	​42,375	​21,110	​21,265
​All others	​170,515	​83,180	​87,335	​9,132,500	​4,479,255	​4,653,245

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 11  School Attendance

 

​​​Characteristics ​  ​ ​	​ ​ ​​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​​			​ ​ ​​ ​​​Ontario			​ ​ ​ ​ ​
	​​Total ​​ ​	​​​​Male	​​​​Female	​Total ​​ ​​​ ​	​​​​Male	​​​​Female
​Total population 15 years and over attending school full time	​19,320	​9,885	​9,435	​1,060,115	​519,905	​540,215
​Age group 15-19 attending full time	​9,885	​5,110	​4,775	​570,550	​291,735	​278,810
​Age group 20-24 attending full time	​5,840	​2,870	​2,970	​312,470	​148,215	​164,255
​Total population 15 years and over attending school part time	​8,060	​4,020	​4,045	​436,730	​187,750	​248,980	​	​
​Age group 15-19 attending part time	​275	​Age group 20-24 attending part time	​1,485	​850	​630	​57,580	​29,190	28,390 ​

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

 

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Table 12  Highest Level of Schooling

 

​Characteristics ​	​ ​ ​​​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​​			​ ​ ​​​ ​​​Ontario
	​Total ​​	​​​​​Male	​Female	Total ​​	​​​​​Male	​Female
​Total population aged 20-34	​48,125	​24,270	​23,855	​2,263,910	​1,112,910	​1,150,995
​% of the population aged 20-34 with less than a high school graduation certificate	​11.7	​11.8	​11.7	​13.2	​14.9	​11.5
​% of the population aged 20-34 with a high school graduation certificate and/or some postsecondary (46)	​38.7	​41.0	​36.3	​33.7	​36.1	​31.5
​% of the population aged 20-34 with a trades certificate or diploma	​8.6	​10.9	​6.3	​7.9	​9.6	​6.2
​% of the population aged 20-34 with a college certificate or diploma (47)	​17.2	​13.7	​20.8	​19.5	​16.5	​22.4
​% of the population aged 20-34 with a university certificate, diploma or degree	​23.8	​22.6	​25.0	​25.7	​23.0	​28.4
​Total population aged 35-44	​32,765	​16,460	​16,305	​1,949,840	​954,260	​995,580
​% of the population aged 35-44 with less than a high school graduation certificate	​18.2	​18.7	​17.8	​17.3	​18.8	​16.0
​% of the population aged 35-44 with a high school graduation certificate and/or some postsecondary (46)	​31.4	​29.3	​33.5	​25.6	​23.7	​27.5
​% of the population aged 35-44 with a trades certificate or diploma	​12.3	​16.3	​8.3	​11.5	​15.0	​8.2
​% of the population aged 35-44 with a college certificate or diploma (47)	​17.0	​13.9	​20.2	​21.2	​18.0	​24.3
​% of the population aged 35-44 with a university certificate, diploma or degree	​21.1	​21.9	​20.2	​24.3	​24.6	​24.1
​Total population aged 45-64	​44,870	​21,480	​23,390	​2,684,705	​1,311,380	​1,373,325
​% of the population aged 45-64 with less than a high school graduation certificate	​29.5	​28.1	​30.8	​27.5	​26.5	​28.4
​% of the population aged 45-64 with a high school graduation certificate and/or some postsecondary (46)	​27.7	​25.7	​29.6	​22.9	​19.9	​25.7
​% of the population aged 45-64 with a trades certificate or diploma	​11.7	​16.2	​7.5	​11.6	​15.8	​7.7
​% of the population aged 45-64 with a college certificate or diploma (47)	​13.7	​10.7	​16.4	​16.6	​13.8	​19.2
​% of the population aged 45-64 with a university certificate, diploma or degree	​17.5	​19.4	​15.7	​21.5	​24.0	​19.0

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

 

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Table 13  Earnings

 

​Characteristics ​	​ ​ ​Windsor			​ ​ ​Ontario
	​Total	​Male	​Female	​Total	​Male	​Female
​All persons with earnings (counts)	​108,525	​58,525	​50,000	​6,319,535	​3,311,105	​3,008,425
​Average earnings (all persons with earnings ($)	​34,794	​43,086	​25,087	​35,185	​42,719	​26,894
​Worked full year, full time (counts)	​61,290	​36,855	​24,435	​3,527,045	​2,061,355	​1,465,690
​Average earnings (worked full year, full time)	​45,509	​52,389	​35,132	​47,299	​53,937	​37,962

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

 

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Table 14  Language Used Most Often at Work

 

​Characteristics ​ ​	​ ​ ​ ​Windsor			​ ​ ​ ​Ontario
	​Total	​​Male ​	​Female	​Total	​​Male ​	​Female
​Total - Population 15 years and over who worked since 2000	​110,770	​59,670	​51,105	​6,512,560	​3,408,090	​3,104,475
​English	​108,320	​58,630	​49,685	​6,227,550	​3,271,705	​2,955,845
​French	​605	​180	​430	​88,720	​38,320	​50,395
​Non-official language	​1,015	​485	​535	​103,035	​52,835	​50,210
​English and French	​290	​110	​180	​47,865	​21,580	​26,285
​English and non-official language	​500	​250	​255	​43,500	​22,760	​20,745
​French and non-official language	​10	​0	​10	​265	​140	​120
​English, French and non-official language	​25	​10	​20	​1,625	​750	​870

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 15  Place of Work Status

 

​​Characteristics ​  ​	​ ​ ​​ ​Windsor			​ ​ ​ ​Ontario
	​Total	​Male ​	​​Female	​Total	​Male ​	​​Female
​Employed labour force 15 years and over	​97,495	​53,195	​44,305	​5,713,900	​3,027,620	​2,686,285
​Worked at home	​2,635	​1,140	​1,495	​406,230	​202,530	​203,700
​Worked outside Canada	​4,825	​2,965	​1,860	​33,935	​22,600	​11,335
​No fixed workplace address	​4,920	​3,675	​1,245	​466,950	​352,800	​114,145
​Worked at usual place	​85,110	​45,415	​39,695	​4,806,790	​2,449,685	​2,357,100

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002

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Table 16  Mode of Transportation to Work

 

 

​Characteristics ​ ​	​ ​ ​ ​Windsor			​ ​ ​ ​Ontario
	​​Total	​​Male ​	​Female	​​Total	​​Male ​	​Female
​Total - All modes	​90,035	​49,090	​40,945	​5,273,740	​2,802,490	​2,471,250
​Car, truck, van, as driver	​72,135	​41,080	​31,060	​3,831,095	​2,190,400	​1,640,695
​Car, truck, van, as passenger	​6,155	​2,375	​3,775	​372,460	​149,805	​222,655
​Public transit	​4,125	​1,635	​2,485	​672,310	​270,755	​401,550
​Walked or bicycled	​6,605	​3,610	​2,995	​349,020	​166,930	​182,095
​Other method	​1,015	​390	​630	​48,855	​24,595	​

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 17  Unpaid Work

 

​Characteristics ​ ​	​ ​ ​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​			​ ​ ​​ ​Ontario
	​​​Total	​​​Male ​	​Female	​​​Total	​​​Male ​	​Female
​Persons reporting hours of unpaid work	​151,495	​71,600	​79,890	​8,229,410	​3,886,440	​4,342,975
​Persons reporting hours of unpaid housework	​149,195	​70,080	​79,120	​8,112,435	​3,812,780	​4,299,655
​Persons reporting hours looking after children, without pay	​59,670	​25,645	​34,025	​3,448,335	​1,515,125	​1,933,210
​Persons reporting hours of unpaid care or assistance to seniors	​26,575	​11,190	​15,385	​1,641,305	​676,295	​965,015

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 18  Labour Force Indicators

 

​Characteristics ​ ​ ​	​ ​ ​ ​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​			​ ​ ​​ ​ ​​ ​Ontario
	​​​​Total	​​​​Male ​	​Female	​​​​Total	​​​​Male ​	​Female
​Participation rate	​63.4	​71.1	​56.2	​67.3	​73.4	​61.5
​Employment rate	​58.7	​66.1	​51.7	​63.2	​69.1	​57.6
​Unemployment rate	​7.5	​7.0	​8.0	​6.1	​5.8	​6.5

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 19  Industry

 

​​Characteristics ​ ​ ​ ​	​ ​ ​​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​			​ ​ ​ ​Ontario
	​​​​​Total	​​​​​Male ​	​​Female	​​​​​Total	​​​​​Male ​	​​Female
​Total - Experienced labour force	​103,035	​56,205	​46,830	​5,992,765	​3,173,280	​2,819,490
​Agriculture and other resource-based industries	​1,140	​715	​420	​191,020	​135,925	​55,090
​Manufacturing and construction industries	​33,920	​26,640	​7,275	​1,316,580	​979,715	​336,870
​Wholesale and retail trade	​13,910	​6,280	​7,630	​950,730	​484,505	​466,230
​Finance and real estate	​3,660	​1,470	​2,190	​401,445	​171,350	​230,095
​Health and education	​15,015	​3,650	​11,370	​902,990	​212,830	​690,165
​Business services	​13,600	​7,890	​5,705	​1,145,910	​674,075	​471,835
​Other services	​21,790	​9,555	​12,235	​1,084,090	​514,875	​569,210

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 20  Occupation

 

​​​Characteristics ​ ​ ​ ​ ​	​ ​ ​ ​ ​​​Windsor  ​ ​ ​ ​			​ ​ ​ ​Ontario
	​​​​​​Total	​​​​​​Male ​	​​​Female	​​​​​​Total	​​​​​​Male ​	​​​Female
​Total - Experienced labour force	​103,035	​56,205	​46,830	​5,992,765	​3,173,275	​2,819,490
​Management occupations	​7,685	​4,630	​3,055	​685,390	​434,475	​250,915
​Business, finance and administration occupations	​13,815	​3,540	​10,280	​1,097,835	​311,995	​785,835
​Natural and applied sciences and related occupations	​6,350	​5,355	​1,000	​422,510	​326,940	​95,570
​Health occupations	​5,340	​960	​4,385	​286,305	​58,840	​227,460
​Social science, education, government service and religion	​6,765	​2,320	​4,445	​455,825	​150,560	​305,270
​Art, culture, recreation and sport	​1,730	​730	​995	​171,840	​79,010	​92,830
​Sales and service occupations	​27,950	​11,495	​16,455	​1,371,250	​590,350	​780,900
​Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations	​15,795	​14,720	​1,075	​845,130	​778,735	​66,390
​Occupations unique to primary industry	​1,145	​810	​335	​164,365	​122,555	​41,805
​Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities	​16,455	​11,645	​4,810	​492,320	​319,815	​

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 21  Income

 

​Characteristics	​Windsor	​Ontario
​Persons 15 years of age and over with income	​156,310	​8,598,560
​Median total income of persons 15 years of age and over ($)	​23,723	​24,816
​Composition of total income (100%)	​100.0	​100.0
​Earnings - % of income	​77.6	​78.7
​Government transfers - % of income	​11.7	​9.8
​Other money - % of income	​10.7	​11.5

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 22  Selected Family Characteristics

 

​​Characteristics	​Windsor	​​Ontario
​Total number of families	​57,085	​3,190,990
​Number of married-couple families	​40,370	​2,406,340
​Average number of persons in married-couple families	​3.1	​3.2
​Number of common-law couple families	​5,385	​298,540
​Average number of persons in common-law-couple families	​2.7	​2.7
​Number of lone-parent families	​11,330	​486,105
​Average number of persons in lone-parent families	​2.5	​2.5
​Number of female lone-parent families	​9,590	​401,240
​Average number of persons in female lone-parent families	​2.5	​2.6
​Number of male lone-parent families	​1,740	​84,860
​Average number of persons in male lone-parent families	​2.4	​2.5
​Median family income ($) - All census families	​57,605	​61,024
​Median family income ($) - Couple families	​65,380	​66,476
​Median family income ($) - Lone-parent families	​31,898	​33,724

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 23  Selected Household Characteristics

 

​​​Characteristics	​Windsor	​​​Ontario
​Total - All private households	​83,825	​4,219,410
​Households containing a couple (married or common-law) with children	​22,645	​1,376,975
​Households containing a couple (married or common-law) without children	​21,185	​1,179,330
​One-person households	​24,890	​990,160
​Other household types	​15,105	​672,950
​Median household income ($) - All households	​46,949	​53,626
​Median household income ($) - One-person households	​24,478	​25,253
​Median household income ($) - Two-or-more-persons households	​60,099	​64,201
​Number of rented dwellings	​29,480	​1,346,990
​Average gross monthly payments for rented dwellings ($)	​650	​753
​Number of owner-occupied dwellings	​54,345	​2,816,220
​Average monthly payments for owner-occupied dwellings ($)	​814	​964

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 24  Selected Occupied Private Dwelling Characteristics

 

​Characteristics	​​Windsor	​​​​Ontario
​Total number of dwellings	​83,825	​4,219,415
​Number of owned dwellings	​54,345	​2,862,300
​Number of rented dwellings	​29,480	​1,351,365
​Number of dwellings constructed before 1991	​74,015	​3,615,880
​Number of dwellings constructed between 1991 and 2001	​9,805	​603,530
​Average value of dwelling ($)	​142,002	​199,884

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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Table 25  Religion

 

​Characteristics ​	​ ​ ​Windsor			​ ​ ​Ontario
	​Total	​Male	​Female	​Total	​Male	​Female
​Total - Religion	​205,865	​101,030	​104,840	​11,285,545	​5,529,150	​5,756,400
​Catholic	​99,525	​48,145	​51,380	​3,911,760	​1,891,660	​2,020,100
​Protestant	​49,180	​22,760	​26,420	​3,935,745	​1,841,175	​2,094,565
​Christian Orthodox	​8,835	​4,460	​4,370	​264,055	​132,490	​131,570
​Christian	​6,545	​3,290	​3,260	​301,935	​144,215	​157,720
​Muslim	​9,875	​5,260	​4,615	​352,525	​181,935	​170,595
​Jewish	​1,175	​515	​655	​190,795	​92,920	​97,875
​Buddhist	​1,985	​945	​1,040	​128,320	​61,100	​67,220
​Hindu	​1,540	​750	​785	​217,560	​109,580	​107,975
​Sikh	​1,405	​750	​650	​104,790	​53,390	​51,395
​Eastern religions	​180	​105	​75	​17,785	​8,745	​9,035
​Other religions	​295	​100	​200	​18,985	​8,530	​10,455
​No religious affiliation	​25,335	​13,945	​11,390	​1,841,290	​1,003,405	​837,885

Source: Statistics Canada, 2002.

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