Ottawa, Ontario Population & Demographics

Statistic	Ottawa	Ontario	National
Population	1,058,126	14,804,681	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	365	15	4
Median age	39.2	40.9	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	70%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	45%	46%	43%
Speak English only	59.3%	86.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	1.4%	0.3%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Ottawa is 2269% higher than Ontario
The median age in Ottawa is 4% lower than Ontario
In Ottawa 7.72% of the population is Black
In Ottawa 5.14% of the population is Arab
In Ottawa 5.03% of the population is South Asian

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	7.7%
Arab	5.1%
South Asian	5.0%
Chinese	4.8%
Southeast Asian	1.4%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
China	2.0%
United Kingdom	1.6%
India	1.3%
Lebanon	1.3%
Philippines	1.1%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Ottawa age breakdown

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