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==Demographics==
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|footnote    = <ref name="census-2021-city"/><ref name="census-2016-city">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3538030&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&TABID=1&B1=All |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census – Sarnia, City (Census subdivision), Ontario and Canada (Country) |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |work=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |access-date=7 July 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Canada-Ontario.html#Stadt_alpha |title=Canada Population-Cities and Towns-Sarnia (1991) |publisher=CityPopulation.de |author=Thomas Brinkoff |date=11 February 2012 |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1902-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1902/190201010087_p.%2087.pdf |title=Population (1871, 1881, 1891, 1901) |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canada Year Book 1867–1967 |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1912-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1912/191200630039_p.%2039.pdf |title=Population 1911 |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canada Year Book |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1922-23-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1922-23/192202270187_p.%20187.pdf |title=Population 1921 |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canada Year Book |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1941-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1941/194101650107_p.%20107.pdf |title=Population 1931 |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canada Year Book |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1947-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1947/194702140164_p.%20164.pdf |title=Population 1941 |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canada Year Book |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1952-53-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1952-53/195202070155_p.%20155.pdf |title=Population 1951 |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canada Year Book |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1967/196702240192_p.%20192.pdf |title=Population 1961 |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canada Year Book |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=], 1996 Census of Canada: Electronic Area Profiles</ref><br />Population figures reflect Sarnia's amalgamation with Clearwater in 1991.
|1841|610
|1871|2929
|1881|3874
|1891|6692
|1901|8176
|[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]]|9947
|1921|14877
|1931|18191
|1941|18734
|1951|34697
|1961|50976
|1971|57644
|1981|50829
|1991|74167
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|72738
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|70876
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|71419
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|72366
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|71594
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|72,047
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Sarnia had a population of {{val|72047|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|32188|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|33902|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:72047-71594}}|71594|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|71594|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|163.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|72047|163.9|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="census-2021-city"/>

As of the 2021 Census,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Census Profile- Sarnia, City |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=sarnia&DGUIDlist=2021A00053538030&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=Statistics Canada| date=9 February 2022 }}</ref> Sarnia was  86.2% White, 8.3%  visible minorities, and 5.5% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups in the city are [[South Asian Canadians|South Asians]] (2.7%), [[Black Canadians]] (1.6%), and [[Latin American Canadians|Latin Americans]] (0.9%). In 2021, 87.5% of Sarnians called English their mother tongue, 2.2% listed French, and 3.4% said another language was their mother tongue. 1.1% listed both English and a non-official language as their mother tongue.

The [[median]] age in Sarnia is 46.0 as of 2021, which is older than the Canadian median of 41.6,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Census Profile- Canada [Country] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDList=2021A000011124&GENDERList=1,2,3&STATISTICList=1&HEADERList=0&SearchText=Canada |website=Statistics Canada| date=9 February 2022 }}</ref> indicative of Sarnia's aging population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/pdf/IntensificationCentresCorridorsStudyFINAL.pdf |title=Intensification In Centres and Corridors Study |page=106 |date=August 2011 |publisher=Monteith-Brown Planning Consultants |access-date=16 April 2012 }}</ref>

In 2021, 56.8% of residents were [[Christians|Christian]], down from 69.5% in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NHS Profile, Sarnia, CY, Ontario, 2011 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3538030&Data=Count&SearchText=sarnia&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |website=Statistics Canada| date=8 May 2013 }}</ref> 25.2% of the population was [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 21.1% were [[Protestantism|Protestant]], and 6.6% were Christians of unspecified denomination. All other Christian denominations/Christian-related traditions comprised 3.9% of the population. 39.5% of residents were nonreligious or secular, up from 27.9% in 2011. All other religions (or spiritual beliefs) comprised 3.6% of residents. The largest non-Christian religions were [[Islam]] (1.2%) and [[Hinduism]] (1.1%).

The median income for all persons 15 years old or older in Sarnia in 2015 was $33,833, while the median family income was $86,654, in line with the averages for Ontario as a whole, at $33,539 and $91,089, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3538030&Geo2=CD&Code2=3538&Data=Count&SearchText=sarnia&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |publisher=Statistics Canada |year=2016 |access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> In 2021, the median price of a house in Sarnia was $430,000, compared to the $887,290 of Ontario as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theobserver.ca/news/local-news/home-prices-continue-to-climb-in-sarnia-area#:~:text=In%20Sarnia%2C%20the%20median%20home,Hamilton%20and%20Toronto%2C%20Longo%20said |title=Home Prices Continue to Climb in Sarnia Area |work=Sarnia Observer |date=6 May 2021 |accessdate=31 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca/expert-advice/canadian-average-home-prices-by-city-compared-334894.aspx#:~:text=Ontario,about%2016x%20the%20average%20income |title=Canadian Average Home Prices by City Compared |publisher=Canadian Real Estate Wealth |date=3 November 2021 |accessdate=31 March 2022}}</ref>