Quick Hit — Migration To/From Toronto, London and Barrie CMAs.

A continuation of my two migration blog posts: Part I and Part II.

Statistics Canada has migration data for the 2016/17 period between CMA/CAs. Sadly, they don’t have it for Census Divisions (which we looked at in the previous two posts), but it’s interesting nonetheless.

Some definitions: The Toronto CMA region includes the city of Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Vaughan, etc. but not Oshawa or Hamilton.

London CMA includes London, St. Thomas and Strathroy:

Finally, Barrie CMA includes Barrie, Innisfil and Springwater:

Here’s the net migration figures for Toronto CMA (People moving to the CMA-People moving out of the CMA) for 2016/17:

Mostly net outflow, though on net Toronto gained slightly from a few communities in Northern Ontario (and one very far south in Ontario). I suspect the numbers lost to Woodstock, London and Stratford will be significantly higher next time data is released.

Next, here are the figures for London. On net London is gaining people from the rest of the province:

The outlier here is the loss to Ottawa. I know a lot of people from London here in Ottawa, so I’m not terribly surprised by this.

Finally, Barrie. I included these numbers because they made me laugh. I had to check a couple of times to make sure I wasn’t making a math error.

That should provide some insight to migration patterns in Ontario. Shame the data is a few years out of date.