Editing Waterloo, Ontario (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|percentages = off
|1841|200
|1871|1594
|1881|2066
|1891|2941
|1901|3537
|1911|4359
|1921|5883
|1931|8095
|1941|8968
|1951|11991
|1961|21366
|1971|36677
|1981|49428
|1991|71181
|2001|86543<ref name=CensusProfile2001CompareOntario>{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2003 |title=Waterloo, Ontario (Code3530016) (table). 2001 Community Profiles. 2001 Census. |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3530016 |access-date=2020-07-12 |author=Statistics Canada |author-link=Statistics Canada |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716211837/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3530016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|2006|97475<ref name=CensusProfile2006CompareOntario>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2007 |title=Waterloo, Ontario (Code3530016) (table). 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census. |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3530016 |access-date=2020-07-12 |author=Statistics Canada |author-link=Statistics Canada |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720070051/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3530016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|2011|98780<ref name=CensusProfile2011CompareCanada>{{Cite web |date=October 24, 2012 |title=Waterloo, Ontario (Code 3530016) and Canada (Code 01) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Census Profile. 2011 Census. |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=01 |access-date=2020-07-12 |author=Statistics Canada |author-link=Statistics Canada |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716211746/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|2016|104986<ref name=CensusProfile2016CompareCMA>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2017 |title=Waterloo, CY [Census subdivision], Ontario and Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo [Census metropolitan area], Ontario (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=CD&Code2=3530 |access-date=2020-07-12 |author=Statistics Canada |author-link=Statistics Canada |archive-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717015203/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=CD&Code2=3530 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|2021|121436<ref name=CensusProfile2021CompareCMA/>
|source = [[Census in Canada|Census of Population]]
}}

As of the [[2021 Canadian census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Waterloo has a population of {{val|121436|fmt=commas}}, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:121436-104986}}|104986|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|104986|fmt=commas}}.<ref name="CensusProfile2021CompareCMA" /> With a land area of {{convert|64.06|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, the city has a [[population density]] of {{Pop density|121436|64.06|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.<ref name=CensusProfile2021CompareCMA/> As of 2021, the median age is 36.0 years old, as compared to 37.7 in 2016.<ref name="CensusProfile2021CompareCMA" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Waterloo, City |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3530016&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325234124/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3530016&TABID=1&type=0 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=February 8, 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref> Waterloo's median age is 13% lower than Ontario's median age, which is 41.6 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Ontario [Province] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

At the [[census metropolitan area]] (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA had a population of {{val|575847|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|219060|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|229809|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:575847-523894}}|523894|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|523894|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1092.33|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|575847|1092.33|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=CensusProfile2021CompareCMA/>

=== Ethnicity ===
The most common ethnic or cultural origins reported in Waterloo in 2021 were German (17.9%), English (17.0%), Scottish (14.6%), Irish (14.3%), Canadian (10.2%), Chinese (8.9%), Indian (6.4%), French (6.0%), British Isles (4.1%), Polish (4.1%), Dutch (3.9%), Italian (3.3%), and Ukrainian (2.4%).<ref>Multiple ethnic/cultural origins can be reported</ref> [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]] people made up 1.3% of the population, mostly [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] (0.7%) and [[Métis]] (0.5%). Ethnocultural backgrounds in the city included [[European Canadians|European]] (63.7%), [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]] (10.7%), [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] (9.2%), [[Black Canadians|Black]] (3.1%), [[Arab Canadian|Arab]] (2.7%), [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] (1.9%), [[West Asian Canadians|West Asian]] (1.7%), [[Southeast Asia]]n (1.4%), [[Korean Canadians|Korean]] (1.4), and [[Filipino Canadians|Filipino]] (1.0%).<ref name="CensusProfile2021CompareCMA" />
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Waterloo (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Waterloo&DGUIDlist=2021A00053530016&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=CD&Code2=3530&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Data=Count&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530016&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Waterloo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"}}
| 75,340
| {{Percentage | 75340 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 74,905
| {{Percentage | 74905 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 76,445
| {{Percentage | 76445 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 79,625
| {{Percentage | 79625 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 73,950
| {{Percentage | 73950 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name="EastAsian"}}
| 13,035
| {{Percentage | 13035 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 10,960
| {{Percentage | 10960 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 7,615
| {{Percentage | 7615 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 6,295
| {{Percentage | 6295 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 3,670
| {{Percentage | 3670 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 12,680
| {{Percentage | 12680 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 6,650
| {{Percentage | 6650 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 5,145
| {{Percentage | 5145 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 4,495
| {{Percentage | 4495 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 3,695
| {{Percentage | 3695 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name="MiddleEastern"}}
| 5,160
| {{Percentage | 5160 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 3,020
| {{Percentage | 3020 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 2,580
| {{Percentage | 2580 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 1,490
| {{Percentage | 1490 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 980
| {{Percentage | 980 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 3,660
| {{Percentage | 3660 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 1,990
| {{Percentage | 1990 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 1,425
| {{Percentage | 1425 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 1,145
| {{Percentage | 1145 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 1,395
| {{Percentage | 1395 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name="SoutheastAsian"}}
| 2,810
| {{Percentage | 2810 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 1,730
| {{Percentage | 1730 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 1,355
| {{Percentage | 1355 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 1,305
| {{Percentage | 1305 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 680
| {{Percentage | 680 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 2,250
| {{Percentage | 2250 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 1,405
| {{Percentage | 1405 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 1,050
| {{Percentage | 1050 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 860
| {{Percentage | 860 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 630
| {{Percentage | 630 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 1,585
| {{Percentage | 1585 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 1,220
| {{Percentage | 1220 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 825
| {{Percentage | 825 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 755
| {{Percentage | 755 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 510
| {{Percentage | 510 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
| Other{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name="Other"}}
| 1,865
| {{Percentage | 1865 | 118390 | 2 }}
| 1,515
| {{Percentage | 1515 | 103390 | 2 }}
| 655
| {{Percentage | 655 | 97100 | 2 }}
| 800
| {{Percentage | 800 | 96775 | 2 }}
| 575
| {{Percentage | 575 | 86080 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 118,390
! {{Percentage | 118390 | 121436 | 2 }}
! 103,390
! {{Percentage | 103390 | 104986 | 2 }}
! 97,100
! {{Percentage | 97100 | 98780 | 2 }}
! 96,775
! {{Percentage | 96775 | 97475 | 2 }}
! 86,080
! {{Percentage | 86080 | 86543 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 121,436
! {{Percentage | 121436 | 121436 | 2 }}
! 104,986
! {{Percentage | 104986 | 104986 | 2 }}
! 98,780
! {{Percentage | 98780 | 98780 | 2 }}
! 97,475
! {{Percentage | 97475 | 97475 | 2 }}
! 86,543
! {{Percentage | 86543 | 86543 | 2 }}
|}
*Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

=== Religion ===
In 2021, 45.8% of the population identified as [[Christian]], with [[Catholics]] (17.9%) making up the largest denomination, followed by [[United Church of Canada|United Church]] (3.3%), [[Lutheran]] (3.2%), [[Anglican]] (2.8%), [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] (2.4%), and other denominations. 37.7% of the population reported no religious affiliation. Others identified as [[Muslim]] (8.1%), [[Hindu]] (4.7%), [[Sikh]] (1.2%), [[Buddhist]] (1.1%), and with other religions.<ref name="CensusProfile2021CompareCMA" />

=== Language ===
[[English language|English]] was the [[mother tongue]] of 64.6% of the population in 2021. This was followed by [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] (6.2%), [[Arabic]] (2.2%), [[German language|German]] (1.5%), [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (1.5%), [[Hindi]] (1.3%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (1.2%), [[Korean language|Korean]] (1.1%), [[Persian language|Iranian Persian]] (1.0%), [[Urdu]] (1.0%), [[Serbo-Croatian]] (1.0%), [[Cantonese]] (0.9%), and [[French language|French]] (0.9%). Of the official languages, 98.2% of the population reported knowing English and 8.8% French.<ref name="CensusProfile2021CompareCMA" />