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Regional Municipality of Niagara

Field	Value
name	Niagara Region
official_name	Regional Municipality of Niagara
motto	Unity, Responsibility, Loyalty
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total_width	250
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perrow	1/2/2
image1	Niagara Falls, Ontario - 2.jpg
image2	Port Colborne, Welland Canal.jpg
image3	St. Catharines James Street.jpg
image_caption	Niagara Falls (Horseshoe Falls), the Welland Canal in Port Colborne, and Downtown St. Catharines.
image_flag	Flag of the Regional Municipality of Niagara.svg
image_map	{{Location map+	CAN ON Niagara	caption=	float=center	places=
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image_map1	Map of Ontario NIAGARA.svg
mapsize1	250px
map_caption1	Location of Niagara within Ontario
settlement_type	Regional municipality (upper-tier)
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_name1	Ontario
seat	Thorold
leader_title	Chair
leader_title1	Governing body
leader_title2	MPs
leader_title3	MPPs
leader_name	Jim Bradley
leader_name1	Niagara Regional Council
leader_name2	Dean Allison, Chris Bittle, Fred Davies, Tony Baldinelli
leader_name3	Jeff Burch, Wayne Gates, Sam Oosterhoff, Jennie Stevens
established_title	Formed
established_date	1970 (from Welland and Lincoln Counties)
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	1,852.82
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	477,941
population_density_km2	258.0
demographics_type2	Gross Metropolitan Product
demographics2_title1	St. Catharines – Niagara CMA
demographics2_info1	CA$17.4billion (2020)
timezone	EST
utc_offset	−05:00
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	−04:00
coordinates
website

The Regional Municipality of Niagara, also colloquially known as the Niagara Region or Region of Niagara, is a regional municipality in southern Ontario, Canada, which occupies most of the Niagara Peninsula. As of 2024, the region had an estimated population of 539,180. St. Catharines is the region's largest city, while the regional seat is located in Thorold.

The Niagara Region is bounded to the north by Lake Ontario and to the south by Lake Erie. The region is bordered in the west by Haldimand County and the City of Hamilton, with its eastern boundary at the Niagara River, which is also the international border with the US state of New York. The Niagara Region is the southernmost part of the Golden Horseshoe, the most populated region of Ontario.

Unique natural landscapes make the Niagara Region an important centre for agriculture and tourism in Canada. The most important agricultural enterprise in Niagara is viticulture, or winemaking. The Niagara Wine Route, which connects visitors to dozens of wineries, is a growing tourism draw while the internationally renowned Niagara Falls is one of Canada's major tourist attractions. Along with Shaw Festival, held annually in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Welland Canal, the Regional Municipality of Niagara receives up to 12 million visitors each year. The Niagara Region has been populated by First Nations such as the Neutral, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Administrative divisions

Map of the Regional Municipality of Niagara, showing its component municipalities.

Name	Type	Sub-region	Population
Niagara Falls	City	Welland	94,415
Port Colborne	City	Welland	20,033
St. Catharines	City	Lincoln	136,803
Thorold	City	Welland	23,816
Welland	City	Welland	55,750
Fort Erie	Town	Welland	32,901
Grimsby	Town	Lincoln	28,883
Lincoln	Town	Lincoln	25,719
Niagara-on-the-Lake	Town	Lincoln	19,088
Pelham	Town	Welland	18,192
Wainfleet	Township	Welland	6,887
West Lincoln	Township	Lincoln	15,454

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional Municipality of Niagara had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1852.82 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 1971 |347,328 | 1976 |365,438 | 1981 |368,288 | 1986 |370,132 | 1991 |393,936 | 1996 |403,504 | 2001 |410,574 | 2006 |427,421 | 2011 |431,346 | 2016 |447,888 | 2021 |477,941

Religion

Religious profile (2021):

Christian: 61.0%
- Catholic: 29.0%
Muslim: 2.4%
Hindu: 0.8%
Buddhist: 0.5%
Non-religious: 33.9%

Ethnicity

Panethnic
group	2021	2016	2011	2006	2001	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Total responses	469,455	438,160	422,805	421,750	404,590	Total population	477,941	447,888	431,346	427,421	410,574
European	393,100		387,095		385,785		388,415		382,050
Indigenous	13,960		12,250		9,055		6,930		5,185
South Asian	13,845		6,170		3,450		3,805		2,585
African	13,305		7,970		6,485		5,210		3,960
Southeast Asian	9,715		5,950		4,525		4,310		2,580
East Asian	9,365		8,230		5,835		5,570		4,370
Latin American	6,975		4,620		3,895		4,260		1,570
Middle Eastern	4,610		3,430		2,230		2,120		1,485
Other	4,575		2,455		1,550		1,130		810
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Human trafficking

The area has a higher concentration of human trafficking compared to other regions in Canada, with 3% of recorded incidents taking place within it. The Niagara Region's proximity to the border and large amounts of hotels are considered to be contributing factors to this issue.

Transportation

Airports

Niagara Region contains three airports used primarily for general aviation:

St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
Welland/Niagara Central Airport (Welland)
Niagara Falls/Niagara South Airport (Niagara Falls)

Aside from scheduled commuter flights between Niagara District Airport and Toronto City with FlyGTA, for commercial flights Niagara residents use Toronto Pearson International Airport, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, or John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area; as well as crossing the border to use Buffalo Niagara International Airport or Niagara Falls International Airport in Upstate New York.

Public Transport

Public transit within Niagara Region is provided by Niagara Region Transit, including scheduled local bus service within Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Thorold and Welland, on-demand transit service in other portions of the Region, and regional bus service between communities in the region.

WEGO is an additional local bus network within Niagara Falls, targeted at visitors rather than residents. The WEGO Green Line is operated by the Niagara Parks Commission and requires separate WEGO tickets, while the remainder of WEGO routes are operated by Niagara Region Transit and accept both Niagara Region Transit and WEGO tickets.

GO Transit provides regional train and bus services from Niagara Falls and St. Catharines to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

VIA Rail serves Grimsby, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls stations as part of the Maple Leaf intercity train between Toronto and New York City, jointly operated with Amtrak.

Many private bus operators operate intercity services to Niagara Region on routes connecting to cities such as Toronto, Buffalo and New York. As of 2023, private bus operators in Niagara Region include Flixbus, Megabus, Equinox, Greyhound, and Trailways.

Highways

400-series expressways:

[[File:Ontario 405.png|20px]] Highway 405
[[File:Ontario 406.png|20px]] Highway 406
[[File:Ontario 420.png|20px]] Highway 420
[[File:Ontario QEW.svg|20px]] Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW)

Other highways:

[[File:Ontario 3.png|20px]] Highway 3
[[File:Ontario 20.png|20px]] Highway 20
[[File:Ontario 58.png|20px]] Highway 58
[[File:Ontario 58A.png|22px]] Highway 58A
[[File:Ontario 140.png|22px]] Highway 140

Education

Brock University (St. Catharines)
University of Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls)
Conseil Scolaire Viamonde - French Public
District School Board of Niagara - Public
Niagara Catholic District School Board - Separate
Niagara College (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland)
Niagara Parks School of Horticulture (Niagara Falls, Ontario)

Notable people

Cal Clutterbuck, former NHL player
Paul Bissonnette, former NHL player
James Cameron, film director
Linda Evangelista, fashion supermodel
Daniel Girardi, former NHL player
Dallas Green, musician and producer known as "City and Colour"
Tim Hicks, musician
Nathan Horton, former NHL player
Stephan Moccio, Grammy and Academy award-winning musician and composer
Jordan Nolan, former NHL player
Daniel Paille, former NHL player
Neil Peart (1952–2020), drummer for the band Rush
Laura Secord, heroine of War of 1812
Joel Thomas Zimmerman, musician known as "Deadmau5"
Imane Anys, Twitch streamer who goes by the name "Pokimane"

Notes

References

"Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA)".
{{Cite cgndb. FCFTC. Regional Municipality of Niagara
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2024-05-22). "Population estimates, July 1, by census division, 2021 boundaries".
(August 26, 2021). "Subject: Updated Land Acknowledgement Statements".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-08-20). "2006 Community Profiles".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-07-02). "2001 Community Profiles".
"Human trafficking charges are on the rise in Niagara, police say".
"Niagara, Regional municipality (RM) Ontario [Census division] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.

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