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Ontario population 2026
Ontario has 16,262,121 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2026, 45,160 more than a year earlier (+0.28%). It is the most populous of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories, home to 38.9% of Canada’s people.
Ontario in numbers
- Population
- 16.3 million 1 July 2026
- Change in a year
- +0.28% +45,160 people
- Change since 2021
- +9.56% from 14.8 million
- Share of Canada
- 38.9% Largest of 13 provinces and territories
- Population density
- 15per km² 1,076,395 km²
That is about as many people as Guinea (15.4 million).
Population of Ontario by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 11,683,290 |
| 2001 | 11,897,473 |
| 2002 | 12,093,412 |
| 2003 | 12,243,641 |
| 2004 | 12,389,641 |
| 2005 | 12,527,581 |
| 2006 | 12,661,953 |
| 2007 | 12,765,133 |
| 2008 | 12,883,824 |
| 2009 | 12,998,941 |
| 2010 | 13,136,481 |
| 2011 | 13,262,345 |
| 2012 | 13,392,364 |
| 2013 | 13,511,902 |
| 2014 | 13,617,763 |
| 2015 | 13,709,293 |
| 2016 | 13,876,500 |
| 2017 | 14,078,499 |
| 2018 | 14,326,746 |
| 2019 | 14,573,565 |
| 2020 | 14,761,811 |
| 2021 | 14,842,488 |
| 2022 | 15,155,192 |
| 2023 | 15,618,269 |
| 2024 | 16,090,358 |
| 2025 | 16,216,961 |
| 2026 | 16,262,121 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16,262,121 | +45,160 | +0.28% |
| 2025 | 16,216,961 | +126,603 | +0.79% |
| 2024 | 16,090,358 | +472,089 | +3.02% |
| 2023 | 15,618,269 | +463,077 | +3.06% |
| 2022 | 15,155,192 | +312,704 | +2.11% |
| 2021 | 14,842,488 | +80,677 | +0.55% |
| 2020 | 14,761,811 | +188,246 | +1.29% |
| 2019 | 14,573,565 | +246,819 | +1.72% |
| 2018 | 14,326,746 | +248,247 | +1.76% |
| 2017 | 14,078,499 | +201,999 | +1.46% |
| 2016 | 13,876,500 | +167,207 | +1.22% |
| 2015 | 13,709,293 | +91,530 | +0.67% |
| 2014 | 13,617,763 | +105,861 | +0.78% |
| 2013 | 13,511,902 | +119,538 | +0.89% |
| 2012 | 13,392,364 | +130,019 | +0.98% |
Ontario among Canada’s provinces and territories
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ontario | 16,262,121 | +0.28% | 38.9% | 15 |
| 2 | Quebec | 9,067,114 | +0.18% | 21.7% | 6 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 5,710,598 | +0.14% | 13.7% | 6 |
| 4 | Alberta | 5,101,050 | +1.52% | 12.2% | 8 |
| 5 | Manitoba | 1,517,379 | +0.58% | 3.6% | 2 |
| 6 | Saskatchewan | 1,278,402 | +0.96% | 3.1% | 2 |
| 7 | Nova Scotia | 1,103,419 | +0.75% | 2.6% | 20 |
| 8 | New Brunswick | 883,522 | +1.01% | 2.1% | 12 |
| 9 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 552,462 | +0.41% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Prince Edward Island | 182,989 | +0.77% | 0.4% | 33 |
| 11 | Yukon | 50,356 | +2.45% | 0.1% | 0 |
| 12 | Northwest Territories | 45,904 | −0.28% | 0.1% | 0 |
| 13 | Nunavut | 43,091 | +2.33% | 0.1% | 0 |
Largest cities in Ontario
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Toronto2,794,356
- Ottawa1,017,449
- Mississauga717,961
- Brampton656,480
- Hamilton569,353
- London422,324
Air quality in Ontario today
Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.
Questions
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Source and method
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0009. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Total area including inland water, Wikidata. Statistics Canada updates this table every quarter. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Canada, which uses a different method.
Cite this page: Ontario population, Statistics Canada, 1 July 2026. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/canada/ontario/
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