Demographics

The Francophone population grew in Eastern and Central Ontario

Between 2001 to 2006 the Francophone community grew by 4,545 to a total of 582,695 people. The Francophone community grew in Eastern and Central Ontario and decreased in the other regions of the province. Although the Francophone community in Central Ontario grew by over 5,000 people, in Toronto the population decreased by about 1,300 people. Please refer to Table 1.

The Francophone community represents 4.8% of the population of the province but by region this can be as high as one in four in Northeastern (24%) and close to one in six in Eastern Ontario (15.3%). Elsewhere, the Francophone community represents less than 5% of the total population.
 

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006

The largest concentration of Francophones is in Eastern Ontario

Almost two-thirds of the province’s Francophones live in Eastern and Northeastern Ontario (41.5% in Eastern Ontario and 22.5% in Northeastern Ontario). Two out of five or 226,465 Francophones live in the Champlain area².

Although Francophones only account for 2% of the total population in Central Ontario, this region is home to 28.7% of the province’s Francophone population – almost one-third of whom live in the City of Toronto. Please refer to Table 2. 

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006

Visible minority Francophones are concentrated in Central and Eastern Ontario

Ten percent of Francophones in Ontario identify as visible minorities. Like visible minorities in the general population, Francophone visible minorities are heavily concentrated in Central Ontario – home to three out of five visible minority Francophones in the province. In fact, one out of five Francophones in Central Ontario is a member of a visible minority group – and almost one in three in Toronto.

There is also a large concentration of visible minority Francophones in Eastern Ontario. Over 20,000 live in the Champlain area, almost all in Ottawa (19,905). While this is more than one-third of the visible minority Francophone population in Ontario, it is only 9% of the total Francophone population in Champlain.

There are significantly fewer visible minority Francophones in other parts of the province: less than one out of ten Francophones in Southwestern Ontario is a member of a visible minority group, and less than one in a hundred in Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario. Please refer to Table 3. 

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006
 

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