Essential oils of cinnamon leaves from different growth conditions were extracted by steam distillation method, respectively. The chemical constituents were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and the relative content of each constituent was determined by area normalization. Their antimicrobial activities on three common pathogens were tested by filter paper method. The results indicated that the essential oil yield of cinnamon leaves were affected by tree age, planting density and slope aspect. Among them, tree age had the greatest impact. The highest yield of essential oil was obtained from 15-year-old sparse planting cinnamon leaves (No.3, 1.60%), the lowest was obtained from 20-year-old (No.7, 0.51%). The second was slope aspect, yield of essential oil obtained from 15-year-old south slope cinnamon leaves (No.5, 1.20%) was much higher than that obtained from 15-year-old north slope cinnamon leaves (No.6, 0.55%). The minimal impact was caused by planting density, yield of essential oil obtained form 15-year-old sparse planting cinnamon leaves (No.3, 1.60%) was higher than that obtained from 15-year-old close planting cinnamon leaves (No.4, 1.34%). The components and their GC contents of essential oil of cinnamon leaves from different growth conditions were different. A total of 28 chemical constituents were identified in the seven samples, among them, 15-year-old sparse planting (No.3) had the most kinds of essential oil components (21 kinds), 15-year-old dense plants (No.4) and 15-year-old south slope (No.5) contain the least kinds (both of 7 kinds). Trans-cinnamaldehyde was the most abundant component in the samples, of which the highest GC content was in No.4 (90.26%), and the lowest GC content was in 10-year-old (No.2, 67.73%). The common components were benzaldehyde, benzenepropanal, cis-cinnamaldehyde and trans-cinnamaldehyde. The order of inhibition effect on three experimental bacteria was Staphylococcus aureus > Escherichia coli > Pseudoinonal aeruginosa at the mass concentrations of 500 g/L. The diameters ranges of bacteriostasis circles were 22.57-39.63 mm, 27.58-34.31 mm and 16.39-23.89 mm, respectively. Among them, 20-year-old (No.7) had the strongest inhibition on S. aureus(39.63 mm), 15-year-old close planting (No.4) had the strongest inhibition on E. coli(34.31 mm) and 5-year-old (No.1) had the strongest inhibition on P. aeruginosa(23.89 mm).