Peterborough, Ontario

Demographics

According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 102,423 people residing in Peterborough, located in the province of Ontario, of whom 47.6 per cent were male and 52.4 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 4.8 per cent of the resident population of Peterborough. This compares with 5.8 per cent in Ontario, and almost 5.6 per cent for Canada overall.

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Peterborough - Ontario - Canada

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In mid-2001, 18.1 per cent of the resident population in Peterborough were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 40.6 years of age comparing to 37.6 years of age for all of Canada.

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In the five years between 1996 and 2001, the population of Peterborough grew by 2.4 per cent, compared with an increase of 6.1 per cent for Ontario as a whole. Population density of Peterborough averaged 85.4 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 12.6, for Ontario altogether.

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At the time of the census in May 2001, the resident population of the Peterborough city authority had 71,446 people, but had 102,423 when encompassing the Greater Peterborough Area compared with a resident population in the province of Ontario of 11,410,050 people.

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