Editing Cornwall, Ontario (section)

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Cornwall had a population of {{val|47845|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|21386|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|22214|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:47845-46589}}|46589|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|46589|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|61.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|47845|61.5|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="SCref21"/>

As of 2021, 9.9% of Cornwall residents were visible minorities, 5.6% were Indigenous, and the remaining 84.5% were white/European. The largest visible minority groups were South Asian (5.1%) and Black (1.7%).

In 2021, 66.3% of the population were [[Christianity|Christian]], down from 83.0% in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2013-05-08 |title=2011 National Household Survey Profile – Census subdivision |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3501012&Data=Count&SearchText=cornwall&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2019-07-19 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> 50.1% of residents were [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 9.8% were [[Protestantism|Protestant]], 3.4% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions and 3.1% were Christian n.o.s. 26.8% of the population were non-religious or secular, up from 12.1% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religion was [[Islam]], accounting for 3.7% of residents, up from 2.4% in 2011. [[Hinduism]] was the second largest, at 1.8% of residents, up from 1.5% in 2011. All other religions and spiritual traditions accounted for 1.4% of the population.<ref name="SCref21"/>

{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations
|type        = Canada
|align       = none
|cols        = 3
|percentages =
|footnote    = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
| source  = Statistics Canada<ref name="sc2006">{{cite web |title=2006 Community Profiles: Cornwall, Ontario (city) | date=March 13, 2007 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3501012&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Cornwall&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom= |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=January 17, 2019}}</ref><ref name="cp2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3501012&Geo2=CD&Code2=3501&Data=Count&SearchText=Cornwall&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Cornwall census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census of Population]] |access-date=March 21, 2012 |archive-date=August 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814191125/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3501012&Geo2=CD&Code2=3501&Data=Count&SearchText=Cornwall&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=census1971>{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, Part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages=76, 139 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>
| 1921 |7419
| 1931 |11126
| 1941 |14117
| 1951 |16899
| 1956 |18158
| 1961 |43639
| 1966 |45766
| 1971 |47116
| 1976 |46121
| 1981 |46144
| 1986 |46425
| 1991 |47137
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|47403
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|45640
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|45965
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|46340
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|46589
| 2021 |47845
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Ethnic origin (2021)
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|[[French people|French]] n.o.s
|11,810
|25.5%
|-
|[[Canadians|Canadian]]
|11,195
|24.2%
|-
|[[Irish people|Irish]]
|7,490
|16.2%
|-
|[[Scottish people|Scottish]]
|7,210
|15.6%
|-
|[[English People|English]]
|6,995
|15.1%
|-
|[[French Canadians|French Canadian]]
|2,780
|6.0%
|-
|[[Germans|German]]
|2,690
|5.8%
|-
|[[White people|Caucasian]] (White), n.o.s.
|2,625
|2.7%
|-
|[[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] n.o.s. +
[[Indigenous peoples in Canada|North American Indigenous]], n.o.s.
|1,935
|4.2%
|-
|[[Italian people|Italian]]
|1,140
|2.5%
|-
|[[Dutch people|Dutch]]
|1,105
|2.4%
|-
|British Isles n.o.s
|1,050
|2.3%
|-
|[[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]
|755
|1.6%
|-
| colspan="3" |Source: [[StatCan]] (includes multiple responses)<ref name="SCref21"/>
|}