WHO LIVES IN TORONTO CENTRAL LHIN

• About 1.17 million people, or 9.1 per cent of the population of Ontario, live in the LHIN.
• Compared to the rest of the province, the Toronto Central LHIN has a higher proportion of young adults aged 25 to 44.
• The LHIN also has a higher proportion of older seniors. This age group is growing faster than all other age groups.
• An estimated 33 per cent of the 13,000 babies born in the Toronto Central LHIN were from low-income families
• 15 per cent of all recent immigrants to Ontario reside in the Toronto Central LHIN; more than 160 languages are spoken here.
• About 50,770 Francophones live in the Toronto Central LHIN. According to the 2006 Census, 7.4 per cent of Francophones in the City of Toronto are recent immigrants and 20.6 per cent belong to a visible minority group.
• Aboriginal people make up about two per cent of the LHIN’s population. Many more Aboriginal people come to the Toronto Central LHIN from other parts of the province.
• The Toronto Central LHIN has the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or transsexual population in Canada.
• Over 30 per cent of Ontario’s homeless population lives in the Toronto Central LHIN.