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COMMUNITY PROFILE Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Sudbury (ACMS)

COMMUNITY PROFILE Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Sudbury (ACMS) In partnership with Statistics Canada. Community Profile Highlights. Highlights in ACMS (2001 to 2006):. Population decline is slowing A major Francophone community Youth population in decline Strong Aboriginal community

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COMMUNITY PROFILE Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Sudbury (ACMS)

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  1. COMMUNITY PROFILE Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Sudbury (ACMS) In partnership with Statistics Canada

  2. Community Profile Highlights Highlights in ACMS (2001 to 2006): • Population decline is slowing • A major Francophone community • Youth population in decline • Strong Aboriginal community • ACMS is aging rapidly

  3. Population Decline is Slowing In 2006, there were 392,355 people living in ACMS, which accounts for 3.2% of all Ontarians

  4. Population Decline is Slowing Despite a nominal decrease in ACMS’s population between 2001 and 2006, it is a smaller decrease than the previous 5-year period

  5. A Major Francophone Community • One in four ACMS residents is Francophone (25.6%), which is a higher proportion than any other region in Ontario • ACMS is home to 20% of Ontario’s Francophone population (98,930 people) • Between 2001 and 2006, ACMS’s Francophone population declined by 5.4% (5,725 people)

  6. Youth Population in Decline Ages 13 - 24 Between 2001 and 2006, ACMS’s youth population decreased more than its population overall (-1.4% compared to -0.6%) This is well below the increase seen in Ontario’s youth population (9.3%)

  7. Strong Aboriginal Community • The Aboriginal population in ACMS grew by 20% or by 6850 people • The 40,150 Aboriginal people in ACMS make up 10% of the region’s total population • 2 in 5 people in Manitoulin are Aboriginal

  8. Strong Growth in Aboriginal Community • ACMS has a higher proportion of Métis residents than Ontario as a whole • Nearly 4 in every 10 Aboriginal people in ACMS are Métis • Métis in ACMS account for 20% of Ontario’s total Métis population * Multiple Aboriginal Identities ** Aboriginal Identities not included elsewhere

  9. Community Profile Highlights • Top Five Mother Tongues: • (other than English & French) • ONTARIO • Italian • Chinese (not specified) • Cantonese • Spanish • German • ACMS • Italian • Finnish • German • Cree • Ojibway

  10. ACMS is Aging • The median age in ACMS has been rising • Sudbury experienced the highest increase of any regional municipality in Ontario, 4.4 years to 45 years of age • Manitoulin experienced the second highest increase in the province (3.8 years)

  11. Age Pyramid

  12. Community Profile Highlights • Also of Interest: • The total immigrant population is small, just 6.6% of the total population, and the majority established themselves long ago • Residents are much more likely to have a college, apprenticeship or trades certificate than the average Ontario resident • Although more people were employed in 2006, the unemployment rate was still higher than that of the province overall

  13. Additional Information This document presents highlights from the ACMS 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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