Demographics

Historical populations Year Pop.   ±%   1858 50 —     1871 2,090 +4080.0% 1881 2,920 +39.7% 1891 3,252 +11.4% 1901 2,748 −15.5% 1911 3,412 +24.2% 1921 4,527 +32.7% 1931 5,532 +22.2% 1941 5,975 +8.0% 1951 8,389 +40.4% 1961 18,467 +120.1% 1971 41,211 +123.2% 1981 149,030 +261.6% 1991 234,445 +57.3% 1996 268,251 +14.4% 2001 325,428 +21.3% 2006 433,806 +33.3% 2011 523,911 +20.8% Brampton annexed Bramalea in 1974. Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census) Population group Population  % of total population White 182,760 42.3% Visible minority group Source: South Asian 136,750 31.7% Chinese 7,805 1.8% Black 53,340 12.4% Filipino 11,980 2.8% Latin American 8,545 2% Arab 2,600 0.6% Southeast Asian 6,130 1.4% West Asian 2,875 0.7% Korean 580 0.1% Japanese 545 0.1% Visible minority, n.i.e. 8,900 2.1% Multiple visible minority 6,095 1.4% Total visible minority population 246,150 57% Aboriginal group Source: First Nations 1,620 0.4% Métis 785 0.2% Inuit 45 0% Aboriginal, n.i.e. 140 0% Multiple Aboriginal identity 75 0% Total Aboriginal population 2,665 0.6% Total population 431,575 100%

Religion

Some 67.78 percent of Brampton claimed various Christian denominations. The largest was Catholicism (35.11%), followed by various Protestant denominations Anglican, United Church, Lutheran, Baptist, Reformed at (27.96%), while the remaining numbers of Christians (4.70%) consists mostly of the Eastern Orthodox rite. Other religions with a notable presence include Sikhism (10.63%), Hinduism (5.43%), and Islam (3.53%). The Toronto Temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) stands in Brampton. ≤http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Ontario_Temple≥ More than 10 percent of the population does not identify with a particular religion.

Population growth

With a population of 523,911, Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area, and the ninth largest city in Canada. With the median age at 33.7, it is the youngest community in the GTA. Due to a number of converging factors including an exponential rise in the cost of real estate within the city and high property and corporate taxes.

Brampton, with its proximity to the Pearson International Airport and road infrastructure, population growth, cost of land, and more favourable corporate tax structure, has become a prime location for corporate head offices, factories, warehouses, etc., as well as the typical domestic goods and services required to provide for the population.

Languages

The 2011 census found that English was spoken as mother tongue by 51.7% of the population. The next most common language was Punjabi, spoken by 17.5% of the population, followed by Urdu at 2.8%, and Portuguese and Gujarati at 2.1% each.

Mother tongue Population Percentage English 269,790 51.7% Punjabi (Panjabi) 91,345 17.5% Urdu 14,580 2.8% Portuguese 11,095 2.1% Gujarati 11,040 2.1% Spanish 10,225 1.9% Hindi 10,060 1.9% Tamil 9,530 1.8% Tagalog (Filipino, Pilipino) 8,785 1.7% Italian 7,990 1.5%