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City of Windsor

Population

Windsor welcomes people from all over the world. In the Windsor area, immigrants make up 22.3 per cent of the total population. Of these, 35.8 per cent — 24,310 people in all — arrived between 1991 and 2001.

Countries of Origin

These are the 30 most common birthplaces of immigrants to Windsor. Compare with other cities.

Country	Total Immigrant Population	Immigrants Arriving 1991 – 2001
Italy	8,760	90
Yugoslavia	6,995	2,955
United Kingdom	5,725	385
United States	5,690	1,605
Lebanon	3,405	1,505
Poland	3,120	970
China	2,825	2,065
India	2,715	1,800
Iraq	2,680	2,300
Philippines	2,100	905
Romania	1,860	1,305
Croatia	1,610	435
Viet Nam	1,415	295
Pakistan	1,280	1,135
Germany	1,225	120
Greece	1,110	40
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,020	980
Hungary	920	55
Czech & Slovak Fed. Rep-former	800	105
USSR-former European part	780	195
El Salvador	775	210
Jamaica	660	145
Hong Kong	605	265
Netherlands	445	0
Somalia	445	370
Iran	405	230
Ukraine	390	75
Kuwait	380	280
Portugal	360	20

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census

First Languages

These are the top ten “first languages” – the mother tongue spoken by people who live in this city. Compare with other cities.

Mother Tongue	Number	% of Population
English	139,730	67.9
Chinese	9,055	4.4
Italian	8,885	4.3
Arabic	8,070	3.9
French	6,895	3.3
Polish	3,290	1.6
Spanish	2,340	1.1
German	1,705	0.8
Tagalog	1,545	0.8
Vietnamese	1,390	0.7

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census

Religions

These are the religions with the most adherents in Windsor. Compare with other cities.

Religion	Number of Adherents
Catholic	99,525
Protestant	49,180
Muslim	9,875
Christian Orthodox	8,835
Other Christian	6,545
Buddhist	1,985
Hindu	1,540
Sikh	1,405
Jewish	1,175
Eastern religions	180
Other religions	295
No religious affiliation	25,335