Oshawa, Ontario Population & Demographics

Statistic	Oshawa	Ontario	National
Population	176,009	14,804,681	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	1,186	15	4
Median age	40.7	40.9	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	61%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	41%	46%	43%
Speak English only	92.7%	86.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.1%	0.3%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Oshawa is 7589% higher than Ontario
The median age in Oshawa is equal to Ontario
In Oshawa 6.99% of the population is Black
In Oshawa 5.46% of the population is South Asian
In Oshawa 1.65% of the population is Chinese

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	7.0%
South Asian	5.5%
Chinese	1.7%
Filipino	1.4%
All Other Visible Minorities	1.2%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	2.8%
Jamaica	1.2%
Philippines	1.0%
India	0.9%
Poland	0.7%

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Family breakdown

Oshawa age breakdown

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