Editing Toronto (section)

===Race and ethnicity===
In 2016, the three most commonly reported ethnic origins overall were [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] (332,830 or 12.5 per cent), [[English Canadians|English]] (331,890 or 12.3 per cent) and [[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]] (323,175 or 12.0 per cent).<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/> Common regions of ethnic origin were European (47.9 per cent), Asian (including Middle-Eastern – 40.1 per cent), African (5.5 per cent), Latin/Central/South American (4.2 per cent), and North American aboriginal (1.2 per cent).<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/>
[[File:Toronto Population Pyramid, 2021.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Population pyramid of Toronto from the [[2021 Canadian census]]]]
In 2016, 51.5 per cent of the residents of the city proper belonged to a [[visible minority]] group, compared to 49.1 per cent in 2011,<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/><ref name="www12.statcan.gc.ca">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Data=Count&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3520005&TABID=1 |title=National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011 |website=statcan.gc.ca |date=May 8, 2013 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=April 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409105927/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Data=Count&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3520005&TABID=1 |archive-date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> and 13.6 per cent in 1981.<ref>"[http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/pdf/research_publication/working_papers/wp6.pdf Toronto in Transition: Demographic Change in the Late Twentieth Century] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310180425/http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/pdf/research_publication/working_papers/wp6.pdf |date=March 10, 2012 }}". ([[PDF]]). CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre.</ref> The largest visible minority groups were [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]] (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan at 338,960 or 12.6 per cent), [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]] ([[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] at 332,830 or 12.5 per cent), and [[Black Canadians|Black]] (239,850 or 8.9 per cent).<ref name="sc-geo-profile-to"/> Visible minorities are projected to increase to 63 per cent of the city's population by 2031.<ref name="Visible minority">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/777547--visible-minority-will-mean-white-by-2031 |work=Toronto Star |date=March 10, 2010 |title=Visible Minority Will Mean White by 2013 |first=Noor |last=Javed |access-date=September 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023080550/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/777547--visible-minority-will-mean-white-by-2031 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

This diversity is reflected in Toronto's ethnic neighbourhoods, which include the Chinatowns, [[Corso Italia (Toronto)|Corso Italia]], [[Greektown, Toronto|Greektown]], [[Kensington Market]], [[Koreatown, Toronto|Koreatown]], [[Little India, Toronto|Little India]], [[Little Italy, Toronto|Little Italy]], [[Little Jamaica]], [[Little Portugal, Toronto|Little Portugal]] and [[Roncesvalles, Toronto|Roncesvalles]] (Polish community).<ref>{{cite map |author=Jeff Clark |year=2013 |title=Toronto Visible Minorities |url=http://neoformix.com/Projects/DotMaps/TorontoVisMin.html |website=Neoformix |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109062730/http://neoformix.com/Projects/DotMaps/TorontoVisMin.html |archive-date=November 9, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Toronto (2001−2021) 
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Toronto, City (C) [Census subdivision], Ontario |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=September 6, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016
! colspan="2" |2011
! colspan="2" |2006
! colspan="2" |2001
|-
![[Population|<abbr>Pop.</abbr>]]
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
!<abbr>Pop.</abbr>
!<abbr>%</abbr>
|-
|[[European Canadians|European]]
|1,201,075
|43.5%
|1,282,750
|47.66%
|1,292,365
|50.17%
|1,300,330
|52.51%
|1,394,310
|56.75%
|-
|[[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
|385,440
|13.96%
|338,965
|12.59%
|317,100
|12.31%
|298,370
|12.05%
|253,920
|10.34%
|-
|[[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]
|351,625
|12.73%
|354,510
|13.17%
|327,930
|12.73%
|329,260
|13.3%
|301,060
|12.25%
|-
|[[Black Canadians|Black]]
|265,005
|9.6%
|239,850
|8.91%
|218,160
|8.47%
|208,555
|8.42%
|204,075
|8.31%
|-
|[[Southeast Asia]]n
|224,260
|8.12%
|194,360
|7.22%
|179,270
|6.96%
|140,050
|5.66%
|120,330
|4.9%
|-
|[[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]
|111,360
|4.03%
|96,355
|3.58%
|79,155
|3.07%
|65,240
|2.63%
|59,560
|2.42%
|-
|[[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
|92,455
|3.35%
|77,160
|2.87%
|71,205
|2.76%
|64,855
|2.62%
|54,350
|2.21%
|-
|[[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
|22,925
|0.83%
|23,065
|0.86%
|19,265
|0.75%
|13,605
|0.55%
|11,370
|0.46%
|-
|Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]
|107,135
|3.88%
|84,650
|3.14%
|71,590
|2.78%
|56,295
|2.27%
|57,840
|2.35%
|-
!Total: Visible minority
!1,537,280
!55.7%
!1,385,850
!51.5%
!1,264,410
!49.1%
!1,162,625
!47%
!1,062,505
!42.8%
|-
!Total responses
!2,761,285
!98.82%
!2,691,665
!98.54%
!2,576,025
!98.51%
!2,476,565
!98.93%
!2,456,805
!99.01%
|-
!Total population
!2,794,356
!100%
!2,731,571
!100%
!2,615,060
!100%
!2,503,281
!100%
!2,481,494
!100%
|-
| colspan="15" |Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses
|}