Hamilton Population 2024

January 26, 2024 by Babji

Hamilton is a city in Ontario province of Canada, located 58 km southwest of Toronto, part of Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Hamilton population in 2024 is estimated to be 808,410, covers city area of 1,138.11 sq km (439.43 sq mi), ranks sixth largest city in Canada. Hamilton was inhabited by the Mississauga and Neutral, George Hamilton purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, and planned the town of Hamilton, a port city in Southern Ontario. Hamilton population increased due to industrial region, the Hamilton economy depends on the steel, manufacturing, health and service sectors. Hamilton population as per 2016 census is 747,545 compared to 721,053 in 2011, with the growth rate of 3.7 percent.

Contents
Languages
Population by Race
Nativity by Place of Birth

Hamilton city UN Urban Agglomeration Population Prospects - 1950 to 2035

Year	Hamilton Population
1950	263,177
1955	305,446
1960	367,952
1965	427,627
1970	478,959
1975	517,312
1980	540,207
1985	553,185
1990	582,934
1995	614,938
2000	647,903
2005	681,330
2010	710,432
2011	716,130
2015	737,585
2020*	762,808
2025*	786,843
2035*	856,869

Source: population.un.org/wpp/, 1950 to 2035 Hamilton city Population(UA)

Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area population in 2021 is estimated to be 7.6 million, is the Greater Toronto Area and the city of Hamilton. The GTHA municipalities includes Toronto, Hamilton, Halton, peel, York and Durham.

	Hamilton(2021)	Greater Toronto and Hamilton(2020)
Population	785,184	7.35 million
Area	1,138.11 sq km (439.43 sq mi)	8,244.42 sq km (3,183.19 sq mi)
Rank	6(Canada)	1(Canada CMA)

Reference: statcan cma

Hamilton Language demographics

Below is the languages of Hamilton city according to 2016 census:

Languages	Population
English	630,380
French	3,350
Non-official languages	71,455
Aboriginal languages	25
Algonquian languages	10
Cree-Montagnais languages	5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5
Ojibway	10
Ottawa (Odawa)	5
Iroquoian languages	10
Cayuga	5
Mohawk	5
Aboriginal languages	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	71,430
Afro-Asiatic languages	9,040
Berber languages	10
Berber languages	10
Cushitic languages	710
Bilen	5
Oromo	30
Somali	675
Semitic languages	8,285
Amharic	70
Arabic	6,345
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	1,450
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	155
Hebrew	80
Maltese	30
Tigrigna	70
Semitic languages	90
Afro-Asiatic languages	30
Austro-Asiatic languages	2,730
Khmer (Cambodian)	460
Vietnamese	2,270
Austronesian languages	2,810
Cebuano	100
Hiligaynon	15
Ilocano	170
Malay	40
Pampangan (Kapampangan; Pampango)	15
Pangasinan	5
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)	2,460
Austronesian languages	10
Creole languages	105
Haitian Creole	15
Creole	65
Creole languages	25
Dravidian languages	850
Kannada	25
Malayalam	390
Tamil	345
Telugu	95
Indo-European languages	44,485
Albanian	735
Armenian	140
Balto-Slavic languages	13,595
Baltic languages	225
Latvian	90
Lithuanian	135
Slavic languages	13,370
Bosnian	575
Bulgarian	110
Croatian	2,165
Czech	515
Macedonian	230
Polish	4,010
Russian	1,310
Serbian	3,320
Serbo-Croatian	200
Slovak	175
Slovene (Slovenian)	185
Ukrainian	540
Slavic languages	30
Celtic languages	5
Scottish Gaelic	5
Germanic languages	960
Afrikaans	90
Danish	10
Dutch	190
Frisian	5
German	630
Icelandic	10
Swedish	15
Vlaams (Flemish)	5
Greek	735
Indo-Iranian languages	12,740
Indo-Aryan languages	9,960
Bengali	850
Gujarati	1,080
Hindi	690
Konkani	15
Marathi	30
Nepali	195
Punjabi (Panjabi)	4,150
Sindhi	60
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	155
Urdu	2,725
Iranian languages	2,705
Kurdish	565
Pashto	210
Persian (Farsi)	1,935
Indo-Iranian languages	70
Italic (Romance) languages	15,580
Catalan	10
Italian	5,100
Portuguese	3,540
Romanian	1,100
Spanish	5,830
Italic (Romance) languages	5
Japanese	110
Kartvelian languages	10
Georgian	10
Korean	1,470
Niger-Congo languages	535
Akan (Twi)	85
Edo	5
Ewe	10
Ga	5
Ganda	5
Igbo	15
Lingala	20
Rundi (Kirundi)	20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	20
Shona	80
Swahili	185
Wolof	5
Yoruba	30
Niger-Congo languages	50
Nilo-Saharan languages	40
Dinka	5
Nilo-Saharan languages	40
Sign languages	260
American Sign Language	85
Sign languages; n.i.e	180
Sino-Tibetan languages	7,110
Chinese languages	6,840
Cantonese	2,145
Hakka	20
Mandarin	4,245
Min Nan (Chaochow; Teochow; Fukien; Taiwanese)	100
Wu (Shanghainese)	50
Chinese	285
Tibeto-Burman languages	270
Burmese	60
Karenic languages	190
Tibeto-Burman languages	15
Tai-Kadai languages	330
Lao	185
Thai	145
Turkic languages	505
Azerbaijani	15
Turkish	470
Turkic languages	15
Uralic languages	1,015
Estonian	35
Finnish	20
Hungarian	960
Other languages	30

Hamilton Population by Race

Ethnic	Population
North American Aboriginal origins	21,945
First Nations (North American Indian)	17,410
Inuit	315
MÃ©tis	4,630
Other North American origins	182,010
Acadian	1,105
American	8,975
Canadian	175,145
New Brunswicker	35
Newfoundlander	485
Nova Scotian	100
Ontarian	80
QuÃ©bÃ©cois	155
Other North American origins	60
European origins	544,645
British Isles origins	332,655
Channel Islander	115
Cornish	50
English	194,995
Irish	130,185
Manx	175
Scottish	144,840
Welsh	15,060
British Isles origins	22,785
French origins	62,630
Alsatian	65
Breton	10
Corsican	10
French	62,560
Western European origins (except French origins)	113,730
Austrian	5,155
Bavarian	60
Belgian	2,525
Dutch	40,490
Flemish	210
Frisian	185
German	72,050
Luxembourger	30
Swiss	2,405
Western European origins	70
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	13,775
Danish	3,630
Finnish	2,720
Icelandic	625
Norwegian	2,885
Swedish	4,015
Northern European origins	755
Eastern European origins	98,035
Bulgarian	715
Byelorussian	355
Czech	3,555
Czechoslovakian	1,360
Estonian	990
Hungarian	15,365
Latvian	1,350
Lithuanian	2,805
Moldovan	65
Polish	40,735
Romanian	6,095
Russian	8,705
Slovak	3,055
Ukrainian	28,640
Eastern European origins	405
Southern European origins	143,595
Albanian	1,905
Bosnian	2,385
Catalan	25
Croatian	13,655
Cypriot	175
Greek	6,940
Italian	79,725
Kosovar	305
Macedonian	1,815
Maltese	1,820
Montenegrin	240
Portuguese	21,275
Serbian	9,530
Sicilian	680
Slovenian	2,810
Spanish	9,390
Yugoslavian	1,740
Southern European origins	90
Other European origins	3,660
Basque	65
Jewish	2,005
Roma (Gypsy)	315
Slavic	195
Other European origins	1,140
Caribbean origins	16,770
Antiguan	70
Bahamian	140
Barbadian	935
Bermudan	135
Carib	30
Cuban	1,065
Dominican	485
Grenadian	500
Haitian	405
Jamaican	9,670
Kittitian/Nevisian	60
Montserratan	10
Puerto Rican	50
St. Lucian	140
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	2,435
Vincentian/Grenadinian	275
West Indian	1,435
Caribbean origins	515
Latin; Central and South American origins	15,630
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	540
Arawak	75
Argentinian	505
Belizean	35
Bolivian	75
Brazilian	745
Chilean	685
Colombian	2,970
Costa Rican	120
Ecuadorian	395
Guatemalan	895
Guyanese	2,380
Hispanic	270
Honduran	280
Maya	160
Mexican	1,905
Nicaraguan	350
Panamanian	90
Paraguayan	25
Peruvian	565
Salvadorean	2,345
Uruguayan	120
Venezuelan	445
Latin; Central and South American origins	785
African origins	18,590
Central and West African origins	3,755
Akan	40
Angolan	150
Ashanti	40
Beninese	20
Burkinabe	20
Cameroonian	180
Chadian	275
Congolese	755
Edo	10
Gambian	10
Ghanaian	1,030
Guinean	60
Ibo	70
Ivorian	40
Liberian	55
Nigerian	980
Senegalese	35
Sierra Leonean	65
Togolese	20
Yoruba	35
Central and West African origins	160
North African origins	4,125
Algerian	210
Berber	75
Coptic	65
Dinka	35
Egyptian	2,490
Libyan	140
Moroccan	375
Sudanese	705
Tunisian	140
North African origins	100
Southern and East African origins	5,400
Afrikaner	20
Amhara	40
Bantu	85
Burundian	85
Djiboutian	10
Eritrean	195
Ethiopian	495
Kenyan	350
Mauritian	90
Oromo	60
Rwandan	295
Seychellois	15
Somali	1,270
South African	1,385
Tanzanian	135
Ugandan	140
Zambian	110
Zimbabwean	455
Zulu	100
Southern and East African origins	360
Other African origins	5,620
Black	835
Other African origins	4,835
Asian origins	99,210
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	26,280
Afghan	1,790
Arab	3,145
Armenian	1,355
Assyrian	2,150
Azerbaijani	100
Georgian	40
Hazara	45
Iranian	2,955
Iraqi	3,890
Israeli	420
Jordanian	660
Kazakh	60
Kurd	1,525
Kuwaiti	10
Lebanese	2,995
Palestinian	2,185
Pashtun	110
Saudi Arabian	135
Syrian	2,045
Tajik	15
Tatar	30
Turk	1,795
Turkmen	20
Uighur	15
Uzbek	20
Yemeni	300
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	750
South Asian origins	32,725
Bangladeshi	935
Bengali	435
Bhutanese	15
East Indian	23,390
Goan	130
Gujarati	130
Kashmiri	110
Nepali	185
Pakistani	5,040
Punjabi	1,765
Sinhalese	200
Sri Lankan	1,235
Tamil	170
South Asian origins	1,275
East and Southeast Asian origins	41,175
Burmese	105
Cambodian (Khmer)	1,490
Chinese	17,415
Filipino	11,920
Indonesian	290
Japanese	2,180
Karen	380
Korean	3,305
Laotian	850
Malaysian	245
Mongolian	80
Singaporean	20
Taiwanese	225
Thai	570
Vietnamese	4,855
East and Southeast Asian origins	165
Other Asian origins	535
Other Asian origins	535
Oceania origins	1,305
Australian	805
New Zealander	245
Pacific Islands origins	290
Fijian	110
Hawaiian	35
Maori	60
Samoan	35
Pacific Islands origins	55

Nativity by Place of Birth

Citizenship	Population	Male	Female
Canadian citizens	694,750	339,885	354,860
Canadian citizens aged under 18	142,075	73,205	68,875
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	552,675	266,685	285985
Not Canadian citizens	40,135	18,920	21,215

Immigrant status and period of immigration:

Type/Period	Population	Male	Female
Non-immigrants	550,505	271,840	278,665
Immigrants	177,070	83,125	93,945
Before 1981	70,410	32,840	37,570
1981 to 1990	22,015	10,655	11,355
1991 to 2000	31,040	14,670	16,375
2001 to 2010	36,185	16,705	19,475
2001 to 2005	17,900	8,285	9,620
2006 to 2010	18,280	8,425	9,860
2011 to 2016	17,420	8,255	9,165
Non-permanent residents	7,305	3,840	3,465

Immigrants by places of birth

Ethnic	Population	Male	Female
Americas	23,380	10,310	13,070
Brazil	560	245	320
Colombia	2,200	1,055	1,150
El Salvador	1,710	830	875
Guyana	1,610	670	940
Haiti	225	115	110
Jamaica	3,505	1,575	1,935
Mexico	885	400	490
Peru	390	170	220
Trinidad and Tobago	1,810	765	1,045
United States	5,700	2,310	3,390
Other places of birth in Americas	4,780	2,175	2,605
Europe	87,360	41,400	45,965
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,095	1,575	1,525
Croatia	5,615	2,805	2,815
France	625	305	320
Germany	4,390	1,890	2,500
Greece	1,625	885	740
Hungary	1,900	895	1,005
Ireland	1,130	515	615
Italy	12,010	5,925	6,085
Netherlands	4,020	2,015	2,005
Poland	7,890	3,520	4,370
Portugal	6,630	3,315	3,315
Romania	2,425	1,095	1,335
Russian Federation	1,115	490	630
Serbia	2,205	1,040	1,165
Ukraine	1,185	505	675
United Kingdom	23,930	11,040	12,890
Other places of birth in Europe	7,570	3,580	3,990
Africa	10,145	4,935	5,210
Algeria	110	60	55
Egypt	1,630	870	760
Ethiopia	385	175	215
Kenya	685	315	370
Morocco	205	120	85
Nigeria	490	240	250
Somalia	605	220	385
South Africa	1,255	575	685
Other places of birth in Africa	4,780	2,370	2,410
Asia	55,495	26,140	29,350
Afghanistan	1,155	560	600
Bangladesh	1,105	540	565
China	5,600	2,480	3,125
Hong Kong	920	430	495
India	9,885	4,815	5,075
Iran	1,805	885	920
Iraq	5,350	2,685	2,665
Japan	265	90	175
Korea; South	1,905	835	1,070
Lebanon	1,215	575	635
Pakistan	4,590	2,280	2,315
Philippines	7,835	3,155	4,685
Sri Lanka	900	445	455
Syria	2,020	1,045	975
Taiwan	340	155	185
Viet Nam	3,160	1,455	1,705
Other places of birth in Asia	7,445	3,730	3,715
Oceania and other places of birth	695	340	360

Recent immigrants by selected places of birth

Ethnic	Population	Male	Female
Americas	2,725	1,390	1,335
Brazil	100	40	60
Colombia	390	190	200
Cuba	170	90	85
Haiti	90	45	45
Jamaica	350	210	140
Mexico	175	75	95
United States	725	385	345
Venezuela	80	30	50
Other places of birth in Americas	645	315	330
Europe	2,760	1,340	1,415
France	85	45	45
Germany	90	55	35
Ireland	115	75	35
Moldova	15	10	10
Romania	180	65	110
Russian Federation	205	85	125
Ukraine	125	35	95
United Kingdom	680	360	325
Other places of birth in Europe	1,250	615	640
Africa	2,125	955	1,170
Algeria	20	0	15
Cameroon	60	30	30
Congo; Democratic Republic of the	160	95	65
CÃ´te d'Ivoire	15	10	10
Egypt	460	235	225
Eritrea	60	20	40
Ethiopia	90	40	55
Morocco	30	20	10
Nigeria	115	50	70
Somalia	160	65	95
South Africa; Republic of	80	40	40
Tunisia	30	10	15
Other places of birth in Africa	850	345	510
Asia	9,755	4,540	5,215
Afghanistan	155	75	80
Bangladesh	140	65	70
China	900	355	545
Hong Kong	15	10	15
India	1,495	720	775
Iran	390	195	200
Iraq	1,235	615	620
Israel	90	40	55
Japan	35	10	30
Korea; South	215	85	135
Lebanon	195	90	105
Nepal	50	15	30
Pakistan	775	360	415
Philippines	1,575	640	935
Saudi Arabia	70	30	40
Sri Lanka	65	25	35
Syria	1,315	710	605
Taiwan	0	0	10
Turkey	85	45	40
United Arab Emirates	155	100	60
Viet Nam	145	60	80
Other places of birth in Asia	640	300	340
Oceania and other	65	25	35
Australia	40	15	25
Other places of birth	20	15	0

Hamilton Population age wise

According to 2016 census, 16.4 percent of population is below 15 years, 65.8 percent is between 15 to 64 years, 17.9 are 65 years and over, 2.7 percent are 85 years and over, average age of the population is 41.6 years, median age of the population is 42.1 years. Hamilton population in 2023 is estimated to be 800,240, population in 2022 is estimated to be 792,712, Population of Hamilton in 2021 is estimated to be 785,184.

Age Group	Population	Male	Female
0 to 14 years	122,535	63,115	59,425
0 to 4 years	39,020	20,080	18,945
5 to 9 years	41,495	21,320	20,170
10 to 14 years	42,025	21,715	20,310
15 to 64 years	491,520	241,915	249,605
15 to 19 years	44,430	22,900	21,530
20 to 24 years	48,350	24,905	23,445
25 to 29 years	46,315	23,155	23,160
30 to 34 years	46,850	22,925	23,920
35 to 39 years	45,915	22,220	23,695
40 to 44 years	47,590	22,950	24,640
45 to 49 years	51,650	25,080	26,565
50 to 54 years	58,460	28,560	29,895
55 to 59 years	55,230	27,015	28,215
60 to 64 years	46,725	22,195	24,530
65 years and over	133,490	58,770	74,720
65 to 69 years	41,200	19,250	21,945
70 to 74 years	30,585	14,285	16,290
75 to 79 years	23,470	10,585	12,885
80 to 84 years	18,105	7,600	10,505
85 years and over	20,135	7,050	13,090
85 to 89 years	12,560	4,810	7,750
90 to 94 years	6,020	1,870	4,145
95 to 99 years	1,385	335	1,050
100 years and over	180	30	145

According to 2016 census, 303,005 are married, 51,180 are living in common law, 270,830 are not married and not living common law, out of these 172,635 are never married, 19,730 are separated, 39,345 are divorced, 39,115 are widowed. 101,305 are 2 persons families, 46,750 are 3 persons families, 44,400 4 persons families, 18,380 are 5 or more persons families and average size of census families is 2.9. 173,355 are couple families, out of these 147,785 are married couples and 25,575 are common-law couples. 78,835 are couples without children, 94,525 are couples with children, out of these 35,815 are with 1 child, 41,330 are with 2 children, 17,375 are with 3 or more children.

Income of Individuals in 2015 in Hamilton city:

Income	Population	Male	Female
$10,000 to $19,999	96,625	38,040	58,585
$20,000 to $29,999	80,420	32,230	48,185
$30,000 to $39,999	65,390	29,525	35,870
$40,000 to $49,999	58,425	27,560	30,865
$50,000 to $59,999	46,785	23,795	22,990
$60,000 to $69,999	36,835	20,115	16,720
$70,000 to $79,999	27,950	16,255	11,695
$80,000 to $89,999	22,220	13,155	9,060
$90,000 to $99,999	19,580	10,940	8,640
$100,000 to $149,999	34,675	23,450	11,225
$150,000 and over	17,755	13,265	4,490