Windsor, Ontario

Windsor ({{coor dm|42|18|N|83|01|W|}}; EST), the southernmost city in Canada, lies at the western end of the heavily-populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the county seat of Essex County, Ontario and lies across the Detroit River and Lake St Clair from Detroit, Michigan, to which Windsor is linked by bridge and tunnels. The 2005 Projectory Census put the population of Windsor at 209,000, and its metropolitan area's population at 340,000. Windsor's motto is "The river and the land sustain us." It is the only point along Canada's southern border where one enters the United States by heading north.

Demographics

The 2005 projectory census revealed that the metropolitan area of Windsor had 340,000 and grew at an average 1.4% annually. Windsor is a city that attracts many immigrants from the United States especially African Americans, and ever since 9/11 many Arabs, and Pakistanis have left Detroit, and surrounding towns for Windsor.

Related Topics:
Immigrants - United States - African Americans - 9/11 - Arabs - Pakistanis - Detroit

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According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 307,877 people residing in Windsor, located in the province of Ontario, of whom 49.3 per cent were male and 50.7 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 6.3 per cent of the resident population of Windsor. This compares with 5.8 per cent in Ontario, and almost 5.6 per cent for Canada overall.

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In mid-2001, 12.0 per cent of the resident population in Windsor were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 36.0 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 Windsor grew by 7.3 per cent, compared with an increase of 6.1 per cent for Ontario as a whole. Population density of Windsor averaged 301.1 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 12.6, for Ontario altogether.

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• White: 260,425 or 87.4%
• Arab: 7,795 or 2.6%
• Black: 6,960 or 2.3%
• Asian: 6,415 or 2.1%
• Chinese: 5,460 or 1.8%
• mixed: 3,420 or 1.1%
• (based upon multiple responses)

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada, more than four out of five Windsor metropolitan residents self-identified as Christian. This breaks down to 82.2% Christian (52.6% Roman Catholic, 23.9% Protestant, and 6.3% other Christian mostly Orthodox), 11% stating no religion, and minor religions including 3.5% Muslim, 0.7% Buddhist, and 0.4% Hindu. The relatively high Roman Catholic population reflects the large numbers of persons of French, Irish, and Italian origin in the city. Muslim Lebanese (Mixed Christan Roman and Muslims), Iraqi, and Arab populations number 2% combined.

Related Topics:
Statistics Canada - Christian - Roman Catholic - Protestant - French - Irish - Italian - Lebanese - Iraqi - Arab

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