Peterborough, Ontario Population & Demographics

Statistic	Peterborough	Ontario	National
Population	89,500	14,804,681	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	1,324	15	4
Median age	42.3	40.9	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	63%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	36%	46%	43%
Speak English only	91.9%	86.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.3%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Peterborough is 8489% higher than Ontario
The median age in Peterborough is 3% higher than Ontario
In Peterborough 2.06% of the population is South Asian
In Peterborough 1.17% of the population is Black
In Peterborough 1.13% of the population is Chinese

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
South Asian	2.1%
Black	1.2%
Chinese	1.1%
Filipino	0.5%
Southeast Asian	0.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	2.3%
United States	0.7%
India	0.5%
China	0.5%
Germany	0.4%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Peterborough age breakdown

Source: The Peterborough, ON data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.