Regional Municipality of Niagara - Demographics

Demographics

Canada census – Regional Municipality of Niagara Community Profile
2011 2006 2001

Population:
Land area:
Population density:
Median age:
Total private dwellings:
Mean household income:

431,346 (0.9% from 2006)
1,854.25 km2 (715.93 sq mi)
232.6 /km2 (602 /sq mi)

188,877

427,421 (+4.1% from 2001)
1,854.17 km2 (715.90 sq mi)
230.5 /km2 (597 /sq mi)
41.9 (M: 40.7, F: 42.9)
179,903

410,574 (1.8% from 1996)
1,863.08 km2 (719.34 sq mi)
220.4 /km2 (571 /sq mi)
40.0 (M: 38.8, F: 41.0)
170,876
References: 2011 2006 2001

Historic populations:

  • Population in 2001: 410,574
  • Population in 1996: 403,504

Racial groups

  • White: 349,390 or 95.9%
  • Black: 2,990 or 0.8%
  • Multiracial: 2,665 or 0.7%
  • Chinese: 2,345 or 0.6%
  • Other Asian: 2,320 or 0.6%
  • (based on single responses)

Religious profile

  • 43.2% Protestant
  • 36.4% Roman Catholic
  • 14.6% Non-religious
  • 3.8% other Christian
  • 0.9% Muslim

Top ten largest ethnicities

  • Canadian - 121,660 (those who are most likely of British/French origin whose ancestors have been in Canada for many generations)
  • English - 108,425
  • Scottish - 66,385
  • Irish - 56,640
  • German - 49,435
  • French - 48,155
  • Italian - 44,645
  • Dutch - 23,805
  • Ukrainian - 16,735
  • Polish - 16,295

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