Toronto's population grew by 4.3% from 2011 to 2016, with an annual growth rate of 0.86%.
The progression of the percentage of visible minorities in the aforementioned Community Councils (pre-amalgamation municipalities or pairs thereof) has been far from uniform: The top 20 ethnic origins in the Toronto CMA, from 1996 to 2016 are as follows:
The neighbourhoods with the highest percentage of visible minorities (2016 data) are as follows: The 2011 National Household Survey found that Roman Catholics accounted for 28.2% of the population in the city of Toronto in 2011, followed by those of no religious affiliation at 24.1%, "Other Christian" at 9.7%, and Muslims at 8.2%. • Largest area (hectares): Ward 42 - Scarborough-Rouge River: 3,928 Besides those registered in the "other Christian" category there were other Christian denominations who were also registered in the census, including Anglicans (3.8%), Baptists (1.4%), Christian Orthodox (4.3%), Lutheran (0.6%), Pentecostal (1.6%), Presbyterian (1.5%), and United Church (3%). For each of the federal electoral districts in the City of Toronto, the ethnic groups with 5% of more of population are shown, in a rough correspondence with community councils and pre-amalgamation municipalities (highest % for each ethnic group as well the most populous ethnic group in a riding, if a visible minority – are shown in bold): Visible minorities as percentage of population and top ethnic origins per riding, in the GTA outside the City of Toronto are as follows: The finest granularity of visible minority data in Toronto readily available by the 2016 Census is that of the federal electoral district (riding; 2013 redistribution). Those with the lowest percentage of visible minorities (2016 data) are: Concentrations of ethnic groups per City of Toronto ridings (2016 Census) are as follows, with the largest proportion of each group in bold. For instance, visible minorities as a percentage of the population only marginally increased, or even decreased (Toronto-Danforth, Parkdale-High Park, Toronto Centre, and, in the 2006–2011 period, Davenport) in the "Old" Toronto, East York and South Etobicoke ridings, while on the other hand increased significantly in Scarborough and North York. Buddhists (2.7%), Hindu (5.6%), Judaism(3.8%), Sikh (0.8%), Aboriginal spirituality (0.03%) and "Other religions" (0.5%) were also included.The finest granularity of mother tongue and language spoken in Toronto yet provided by the 2011 Census is that of the federal electoral district (riding; 2003 redistribution).Following are the corresponding data for the GTA ridings neighbouring the City of Toronto: At the other end of the spectrum is Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence having the lowest percentage of immigrants, 24.7% in particular (Eastern Europe 4.1%, Northern Europe 3.4%, Southern Europe 3.3%). The most prevalent ethnic origins in the City of Toronto are as follows: The following are the twenty (20) more common ethnic origins in the Toronto CMA: The per-riding data based on the 2003 redistribution was available for the 2001 and 2006 censuses and the 2011 NHS, thus enabling useful comparisons. 2011 Census population data for the City of Toronto are found readily aggregated at a finer level than the city as a whole at i. the electoral district (riding) level (2003 redistribution)Pie chart of the ethnic breakdown of Toronto from the The 2016 Census indicates that 51.5% of Toronto's population is composed of According to the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS), 1,264,395 non-In particular, the progression of the percentage of visible minorities in the city of Toronto from 2006 to 2016 has been as follows: