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GUELPH
TORONTO
GUELPH
pronounced [gwelf]
KITCHENER/ WATERLOO HAMILTON
QUICKSHEET 2017
LONDON
NIAGARA FALLS
WINDSOR
DEMOGRAPHICS COUNTRY: PROVINCE: POPULATION (city): POPULATION (CMA): LABOUR FORCE: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES University of Guelph
CANADA ONTARIO 131,794 151,984 94,700 (CMA) 3.8 % (CMA) Over 75 (2011)
WITHIN 25 KM
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Canadian Solar CGL Manufacturing Inc. Linamar Corporation Nutrasource Diagnostics Inc. RWDI
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Skyline Group of Companies Synexis Canada The Co-operators Wellmark International/ Central Life Sciences Würth Canada
Source: 2017 Grow Guelph Business Directory
23,500
Conestoga College
45,000
University of Waterloo
30,000
Wilfrid Laurier University
18,500
Total population aged 25 to 64 years with a postsecondary certificate, diploma, or degree (2011) City of Guelph 65.6%
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS/ CANADIAN CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
STUDENTS
Ontario 64.8%
POPULATION GROWTH CITY OF GUELPH
169,000
170,000 150,000
131,794 121,688
130,000
114,943 106,170
100,000
95,821
90,000
GROWTH SECTORS
70,000 1996
SIZE COMPARISON BY NUMBER OF JOBS
2011
2016
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2,428
2031 proj.
1,637
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5,909
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7,711
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11,345
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20,735
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39,141
2001
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016
Source: Emsi Analyst, 2017