Ontario (Canada)
Ontario (Canada): the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
province · population 14,000,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
Visiting rather than moving? The free guidebook for Ontario →
A
Ontario at a glance
Rolled up from the 291 regions inside Ontario on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population14,223,710
census
Places inside288
114 with a full /local page
Businesses on file359,348
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered2,218
in the company directory
Who represents them115
places with a /politics page
Property & employers42 · 52
/property and /employers records
L
Who leads Ontario, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 16,262,121 persons (2026-Q3) ↗
- GDP
- 1,258,597 CAD millions, current prices, GDP at market prices (expenditure-based) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 7.3 % (LFS, seasonally adjusted, 15+) (2026-10) ↗
- Inflation
- 1.9 % CPI inflation, annual (2025) ↗
- Average household income
- 100,300 CAD (2024 constant dollars), average after-tax income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Median after-tax income
- 79,500 CAD (2024 constant dollars), median after-tax income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Household debt (total)
- 1,133,879 CAD millions (2023 constant dollars), total debt of economic families and persons not in an economic family (Survey of Financial Security) (2023) ↗
- Average household debt
- 253,600 CAD (2023 constant dollars), average total debt for families holding debt (70.0% hold debt) (2023) ↗
- Median net worth
- 665,600 CAD (2023 constant dollars), economic families and persons not in an economic family (2023) ↗
- Average net worth
- 1,165,400 CAD (2023 constant dollars), economic families and persons not in an economic family (2023) ↗
- Home ownership
- 68.4 % of households (owner) (2021) ↗
H
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Toronto (all TRREB areas) ↗ | 916,400 CAD | MLS HPI benchmark | 2026-10 |
| Toronto (City of Toronto) ↗ | 908,800 CAD | MLS HPI benchmark | 2026-10 |
| Ottawa ↗ | 623,500 CAD | MLS HPI benchmark | 2026-09 |
| Mississauga ↗ | 860,100 CAD | MLS HPI benchmark | 2026-10 |
| Brampton ↗ | 827,000 CAD | MLS HPI benchmark | 2026-10 |
| Kitchener-Waterloo ↗ | 630,200 CAD | MLS HPI benchmark | 2026-09 |
| London & St. Thomas (LSTAR area) ↗ | 611,509 CAD | average sale | 2026-09 |
G
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only (can conduct a conversation) ↗ | 86.5% | knowledge of official languages | 2021 |
| English and French (bilingual) ↗ | 10.8% | knowledge of official languages | 2021 |
| French only ↗ | 0.3% | knowledge of official languages | 2021 |
| French (incl. French and English) ↗ | 4.1% | first official language spoken | 2021 |
| French ↗ | 4.2% | mother tongue (French, alone or with other languages) | 2021 |
C
Largest companies in Ontario
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Bank of Canada ↗ | market cap | 278.49 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank ↗ | market cap | 199.88 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Shopify (Ottawa) ↗ | market cap | 191.57 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Bank of Montreal ↗ | market cap | 118.95 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Scotiabank ↗ | market cap | 111.75 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| CIBC ↗ | market cap | 104.57 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Agnico Eagle Mines ↗ | market cap | 96.84 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Brookfield Corporation ↗ | market cap | 92.37 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Manulife Financial ↗ | market cap | 71.43 USD billions | 2026-11 |
| Barrick Gold ↗ | market cap | 66.75 USD billions | 2026-11 |
S
Largest listed companies headquartered in Ontario
By market cap (USD billions, 2026-11-10). Market caps from companiesmarketcap.com; listing and head office from search.coshares + search.cos (RegionID walked to the province).
| # | Company | Ticker | Market cap | Rank in Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shopify | TSX:SHOP | $187.51B | 3 |
| 2 | CIBC | TSX:CM | $104.98B | 7 |
| 3 | Agnico Eagle Mines | AEM | $96.26B | 9 |
| 4 | Brookfield Asset Management | TSX:BAM.A | $84.91B | 11 |
| 5 | Manulife | TSX:MFC | $72.91B | 15 |
| 6 | Barrick Gold | TSX:ABX | $64.74B | 17 |
| 7 | Loblaws | TSX:L | $57.07B | 22 |
| 8 | Constellation Software | TSX:CSU | $52.02B | 24 |
| 9 | Franco-Nevada | TSX:FNV | $49.02B | 26 |
| 10 | Sun Life | TSX:SLF | $41.05B | 31 |
Source: companiesmarketcap.com · listings and head offices from search.coshares + search.cos
F
Worth knowing
- 2026-10Ontario's unemployment rate rose to 7.3% in October 2026 from 7.0% in September (seasonally adjusted, LFS released 2026-11-06). ↗
- 2026-09The 2026 Fall Statement cut Ontario's 2026 real GDP growth projection to 0.5% (from 1.0% in the 2026 Budget), with 1.5% projected for 2027; planning projection as of September 11, 2026. ↗
- 2026-09Ontario's MLS HPI composite benchmark was $736,300 in September 2026, down 3.9% from September 2025; the average resale price was $791,691, down 4.3%. ↗
- 2026-09Ottawa's 2.2% August-to-September 2026 HPI drop was the largest August-to-September decline in the board's series, which dates to 2005. ↗
- 2022-09Ontario's homeownership rate fell from 71.4% in 2011 to 68.4% in 2021, the fourth-largest decline among provinces. ↗
- 2023-081,558,670 Ontarians (11.1%) could converse in French in 2021, the largest number ever recorded in an Ontario census, though the lowest share in 50 years. ↗
D
Census
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.
Median household income$93,408
Median rent$1,363/mo
Immigrants30.1%
Renters31.5%
Aged 65+18.5%
Unemployment12.3%
Low income10.1%
Speak a non-official language at home15.7%
Non-official languages spoken most often at home
- Mandarin251,185 · 1.8%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)195,995 · 1.4%
- Yue (Cantonese)191,740 · 1.4%
- Arabic122,540 · 0.9%
- Spanish120,670 · 0.9%
- Urdu110,900 · 0.8%
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)93,325 · 0.7%
- Tamil91,470 · 0.6%
- Portuguese72,125 · 0.5%
- Iranian Persian66,110 · 0.5%
- Russian63,745 · 0.5%
- Gujarati60,605 · 0.4%
E
Largest employers headquartered in Ontario
Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.
- 1.Loblaw Companies Limited Brampton, ON · Retail — food and pharmacy (corporate head office) ↗190,000 worldwide, 2026
- 2.TD Bank Group (The Toronto-Dominion Bank) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗102,218 worldwide, 2025
- 3.Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗100,000 worldwide, 2025
- 4.Scotiabank (The Bank of Nova Scotia) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗86,431 worldwide, 2025
- 5.Canada Post Corporation Ottawa, ON · Postal and parcel delivery — Crown corporation ↗60,400 worldwide
- 6.BMO Financial Group (Bank of Montreal) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗53,000 worldwide, 2025
- 7.Sun Life Financial Toronto, ON · Insurance — life and wealth ↗32,151 worldwide, 2025
- 8.Celestica Toronto, ON · Electronics manufacturing services ↗29,591 worldwide, 2025
- 9.Barrick Mining Corporation Toronto, ON · Gold and copper mining ↗27,000 worldwide, 2025
- 10.OpenText Corporation Waterloo, ON · Technology — enterprise information management software ↗19,900 worldwide
- 11.Agnico Eagle Mines Toronto, ON · Gold mining ↗18,216 worldwide, 2025
- 12.Redpath Mining North Bay, ON · Mining services — contract mining and engineering ↗10,005 worldwide
- 13.Hatch Mississauga, ON · Engineering, project delivery and professional services ↗10,000 worldwide, 2026
- 14.Giant Tiger Stores Limited Ottawa, ON · Retail — discount department stores ↗9,000 worldwide, 2019
- 15.Linamar Corporation Guelph, ON · Manufacturing — automotive parts, mobility and industrial (agriculture, access equipment) ↗8,000 at this site, 2018
B
Largest places in Ontario
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Toronto, Ontario full2,794,356
- 2.Ottawa, Canada full1,017,449
- 3.Mississauga, Ontario full717,961
- 4.Brampton, Ontario full656,480
- 5.North York, Ontario full644,685
- 6.Hamilton, Ontario full569,353
- 7.Niagara Region, Canada551,000
- 8.Markham, Ontario full338,503
- 9.Kitchener (K/W), Ontario full256,885
- 10.Windsor, Ontario full229,660
- 11.Oakville, Ontario full213,759
- 12.Richmond Hill, Ontario full202,022
- 13.Burlington, Ontario full186,948
- 14.Oshawa, Ontario full175,383
- 15.Sudbury, Ontario full166,004
R
Inside Ontario
194 regions have Ontario as their parent.
- Acton, Ontario
- Algonquin Park territory
- Alliston, Ontario town
- Almonte, Ontario
- Amherstburg, Ontario
- Ancaster, Ontario
- Angus-Utopia, Ontario
- Atikokan, Ontario
- Attawapiskat, Ontario
- Ayr, Ontario
- Bala, Ontario
- Barrie, Ontario
- Beaverton, Ontario
- Belle River, Ontario
- Brantford, Ontario
- Brechin, Ontario
- Bright's Grove, Ontario
- Brockville, Ontario
- Burford, Ontario
- Caledon, Ontario
- Caledonia, Ontario
- Cannington, Ontario
- Cardinal, Ontario
- Carleton Place, Ontario
- Chapleau, Ontario
- Chatham, Ontario
- Clinton, Ontario
- Cobden, Ontario
- Cobourg, Ontario town
- Cochrane, Ontario
- Colborne, Ontario
- Coldwater, Ontario
- Collingwood, Ontario town
- Concord, Ontario
- Cornwall, Ontario
- Corunna, Ontario
- Creemore, Ontario
- Cumberland, Ontario
- Deep River, Ontario
- Dorchester, Ontario
- Dryden, Ontario town
- Dundas, Ontario
- Dunnville, Ontario
- Eastern Ontario, Canada
- Echo Bay, Ontario town
- Elliot Lake, Ontario
- Embrun, Ontario
- Englehart, Ontario
- Erin, Ontario
- Espanola, Ontario
- Essex, Ontario
- Exeter, Ontario
- Forest, Ontario
- Fort Frances, Ontario
- Gananoque, Ontario
- Geraldton, Ontario
- Gloucester, Ontario
- Goderich, Ontario
- Goulbourn, Ontario
- Grand Bend, Ontario town
- Greely, Ontario
- Guelph, Ontario
- Hagersville, Ontario
- Haileybury, Ontario
- Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Hanover, Ontario
- Harrow, Ontario
- Hawkesbury, Ontario
- Hearst, Ontario
- Ignace, Ontario
- Ingleside, Ontario
- Innisfil, Ontario town
- Iroquois Falls, Ontario
- Iroquois, Ontario
- Jacksons Point (Sutton West), Ontario town
- Kakabeka Falls, Ontario
- Kanata, Ontario
- Kapuskasing, Ontario town
- Kemptville, ON (North Grenville)
- Kenora, Ontario
- Keswick, Ontario
- Kettle Point, Ontario
- Killarney, Ontario town
- Kincardine, Ontario
- King City, Ontario
- Kingston, Ontario
- Kingsville, Ontario
- Kirkland Lake, Ontario
- Kitchener (K/W), Ontario
- Langton, Ontario
- Larder Lake, Ontario
- Leamington, Ontario
- Listowel, Ontario
- Long Point, Ontario town
- Lucan, Ontario
- MacTier, Ontario town
- Malton, Ontario
- Midhurst, Ontario
- Midland, Ontario
- Moosonee, Ontario
- Morrisburg, Ontario
- Muskoka Lakes District region
- Newcastle, Ontario
- Niagara Region, Canada
- Nipigon, Ontario
- Northern Ontario, Canada
- Norwich, Ontario
- Orangeville, Ontario
- Orléans, Ontario town
- Osgoode, Ontario
- Ottawa, Canada
- Owen Sound, Ontario
- Paris, Ontario
- Parkhill, Ontario
- Pelee Island, Ontario town
- Pembroke, Ontario
- Penetanguishene, Ontario
- Perth, Ontario
- Petawawa, Ontario
- Petrolia, Ontario
- Picton, Ontario
- Point Edward, Ontario town
- Port Credit, Ontario
- Port Dover, Ontario
- Port Elgin, Ontario
- Port Hope, Ontario town
- Port McNicoll, Ontario
- Prescott, Ontario
- Quinte West (Trenton), Ontario
- Rainy River, Ontario
- Red Rock, Ontario
- Renfrew, Ontario
- Richmond, Ontario
- Rockland, Ontario
- Rodney, Ontario
- Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario
- Rossport, Ontario
- Russel, Ontario
- Sarnia, Ontario
- Sauble Beach, Ontario town
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- Seaforth, Ontario
- Sharbot Lake, Ontario
- Shelburne, Ontario
- Shrewsbury, Ontario
- Simcoe, Ontario
- Sioux Lookout, Ontario
- Sioux Narrows, Ontario
- Smiths Falls, Ontario town
- Southampton, Ontario
- Spanish, Ontario
- Spencerville, Ontario
- St. Mary's, Ontario
- Stittsville, Ontario
- Straffordville, Ontario
- Stratford, Ontario
- Streetsville, Ontario
- Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
- Sudbury, Ontario
- Tamworth, Ontario
- Tavistock, Ontario
- Tecumseh, Ontario
- Terrace Bay, Ontario
- The Kawarthas region
- Thedford, Ontario
- Thessalon, Ontario
- Thornbury, Ontario
- Thornhill, Ontario
- Thorold, Ontario
- Tillsonburg, Ontario
- Timmins, Ontario
- Tobermory, Ontario
- Toronto, Ontario
- Trenton, Ontario
- Tweed, Ontario
- Unionville, Ontario town
- Vermilion Bay, Ontario
- Walkerton, Ontario town
- Wasaga Beach, Ontario town
- Washago, Ontario
- Waterdown, Ontario
- Waterford, Ontario
- Watford, Ontario
- Wawa, Ontario
- Westport, Ontario
- Wheatley, Ontario
- White River, Ontario
- Wiarton, Ontario
- Windsor, Ontario
- Wingham, Ontario
- Woodbridge, Ontario
- Woodstock, Ontario
- Wyoming, Ontario
C
Companies based in Ontario
4 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 2,218 across Ontario and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Betty | Entertainment | |
| Intouch Insight | Business | 1992 |
| Supatcha Resources | Materials | 2007 |
| Viral Nation | Media | 2014 |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Ontario (Canada) are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.