Editing Leamington, Ontario (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
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| footnote    = 1996 population reflects boundary changes made between the 1996 census and the 2001 census.
|1871|200
|1881|1910
|1901|2451
|[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]]|2652
|1921|3675
|1931|4902
|1941|5799
|1951|6950
|1961|9030
|1971|10435
|1981|12528
|1991|14182
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|25389
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|27138
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|28833
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|28403
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|27595
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|29680
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Leamington had a population of {{val|29680|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|10547|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|11219|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:29680-27595}}|27595|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|27595|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|261.24|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|29680|261.24|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 31, 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan=2 | Canada 2006 Census!! Population !! % of Total Population
|-
| rowspan=12 | [[Visible minority]] group<br><small>Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3537003&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Leamington&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title= Community Profiles from the 2006 Census|date= March 13, 2007|publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref></small> || [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] || 580 || {{Percentage | 580 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 245 || {{Percentage | 245 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]] || 145 || {{Percentage | 145 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] || 25 || {{Percentage | 25 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] || 40 || {{Percentage | 40 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Korean Canadian|Korean]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadian|Latin American]] || 1,390 || {{Percentage | 1390 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[South Asia]]n || 80 || {{Percentage | 80 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n || 275 || {{Percentage | 275 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Western Asia|West Asian]] || 25 || {{Percentage | 25 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| Other visible minority || 80 || {{Percentage | 80 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Multiracial|Mixed]] visible minority || 25 || {{Percentage | 25 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan=2 | '''Total visible minority population'''|| '''2,915''' || '''{{Percentage | 2915 | 28275 | 1 }}'''
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] group<br><small>Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-558/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CSD&Code=35&Table=1&Data=Count&Sex=1&Age=1&StartRec=226&Sort=2&Display=Page&CSDFilter=5000|title=Aboriginal Peoples - Data table|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203143917/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-558/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CSD&Code=35&Table=1&Data=Count&Sex=1&Age=1&StartRec=226&Sort=2&Display=Page&CSDFilter=5000|url-status=dead}}</ref></small> || [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] || 160 || {{Percentage | 160 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Inuit]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] || 115 || {{Percentage | 115 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan=2 | '''Total Aboriginal population''' || '''305''' || '''{{Percentage | 305 | 28275 | 1 }}'''
|-
| colspan=2 | [[European Canadian|White]] || 25,055 || {{Percentage | 25055 | 28275 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan=2 | '''''Total population''''' || '''''28,275''''' || '''''100%'''''
|}

=== Language ===

The majority of people from Leamington speak English. According to the 2016 census, 24,070 speak English only, 12,100 male and 11,970 female, 1,655 people speak both English and French, 735 male and 920 female, and 1,330 people speak neither English nor French.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3537003&Geo2=CD&Code2=3537&SearchText=leamington&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census - Leamington, Municipality [Census subdivision], Ontario and Essex, County [Census division], Ontario|first=Statistics Canada|last=Government of Canada|date=February 8, 2017|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

Residents of Leamington include a population of Lebanese, Portuguese and Italian. Mennonite settlers, whose ancestors immigrated from Russia, have also added to the population.

=== Age ===

According to the 2016 census, the average age of people living in Leamington is 41.3 years - for men the age was 39.7 and for women the age was 42.9 years of age. <ref name=":0" />

=== Immigration ===

According to a 2006 survey, 7,485 are immigrants or migrants, and 19,365 people are natives of Canada. The majority of migrants come from Mexico and Jamaica, and are employed as seasonal farm workers through the [[Temporary foreign worker program in Canada]]. According to the census, Leamington had the highest percentage of Latin Americans in Canada, with 4.9%.<ref name=SC06>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3537003&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=leamington&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=Leamington (Municipality) community profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2006 Census|2006 Census data]] |date=March 13, 2007 |access-date=April 1, 2011}}</ref>