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COMMUNITY PROFILE Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Timiskaming (MNPST)

COMMUNITY PROFILE Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Timiskaming (MNPST) In partnership with Statistics Canada. Community Profile Highlights. Highlights in MNPST (2001 to 2006):. Only northern region experiencing significant population growth Growing Aboriginal community

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COMMUNITY PROFILE Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Timiskaming (MNPST)

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  1. COMMUNITY PROFILE Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Timiskaming (MNPST) In partnership with Statistics Canada

  2. Community Profile Highlights Highlights in MNPST (2001 to 2006): • Only northern region experiencing significant population growth • Growing Aboriginal community • Large but decreasing Francophone population • However, weak growth of youth population • Population is aging • Immigration rate is low

  3. Population is Growing MNPST’s population grew by 3% or 6,329 individuals to 216,452

  4. Population Decline has Been Reversed Between 2001 and 2006, MNPST’s total population grew at a faster rate than the previous five-year period; nevertheless, this growth is still lower than Ontario overall

  5. Growing Aboriginal Community • The Aboriginal population grew by 24.2% or 2,480 people • Growth in MNPST’s Aboriginal community accounts for 39% of the region’s overall population growth • 12,735 people in MNPST identified themselves as Aboriginal, half of whom live in Nipissing

  6. Growing Aboriginal Community • Métis comprise a greater proportion of MNPST’s Aboriginal community compared to the rest of the province • In Timiskaming, the Métis are the largest Aboriginal group, comprising 61.5%of the area’s Aboriginal population * Multiple Aboriginal Identities ** Aboriginal Identities not included elsewhere

  7. Strong Francophone Population • Nearly 15% of people in MNPST are Francophone, much higher than the province overall (4.6%) • There were 1,495 fewer Francophone people in MNPST, representing a 4.5% decrease - in contrast, the Ontario’s Francophone population grew by 0.9% • 25% of the people in Nipissing and Timiskaming are Francophone

  8. Slight Growth in Youth Pop. Ages 13 - 24 The proportion of youth has remained at 15% of the total population, despite a modest increase in the number of young people from 31,570 to 32,405

  9. MNPST’s Population is Aging • MNPST has the highest proportion of people over 65 years of age amongst all major regions in Ontario • Close to 1 in 5 MNPST residents are seniors, compared to 1 in 8 for the province overall • Parry Sound has the highest share of this group – 21% of its total population • In MNPST, 29% of seniors live on their own compared to 25% in the province • There are twice as many women over 80 than there are men

  10. Age Pyramid

  11. MNPST’s Immigration Rate is Low • While there were 580,000 new immigrants to Ontario between 2001 and 2006, less than 2,000 settled in MNPST • Although Timiskaming attracted the most newcomers (700), Muskoka had the largest total immigrant population (7,830) • Just over 13,600 MNPST residents are foreign-born, accounting for 6.3% of the region’s total population - the majority established themselves long ago • Ninety-five per cent of residents claim English and/or French as their mother tongue

  12. Community Profile Highlights Top Five Mother Tongues: (other than English & French) • ONTARIO • Italian • Chinese (not specified) • Cantonese • Spanish • German • MNPST • German • Italian • Dutch • Polish • Ukrainian

  13. Community Profile Highlights • Also of Interest: • Muskoka is one of the only two areas in Ontario’s north to increase its youth population by more than 5% - Kenora district being the other • Twenty-one per cent of the region’s seniors live in Parry Sound • Just over 1% of residents are visible minorities • IN 2006, MNPST was the only Northern Ontario region to experience employment growth close to the provincial average • The unemployment rate in MNPST in 2006 was higher than the province overall

  14. Additional Information This document presents highlights from the MNPST Community Profile To view the full report, please refer to the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) website at www.trilliumfoundation.org There you will find the Community Profiles for OTF’s 16 catchment areas and the province overall The Community Profiles were produced in partnership with Statistics Canada, using the most recent 2006 Census information We hope that they will be of benefit to Ontario’s not-for-profit sector

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