Centennial Scarborough
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 13,453
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 44.9 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.3% (estimated) · 2016: 22% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 21.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.2%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.8%2016: 17.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%39.8%2011: 41.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.9%2011: 25.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 9.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%12.3%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14%2011: 12.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.7%2016: 5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.3%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.1%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 26.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%49.9%2016: 44.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.8%2016: 91.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.8%2016: 7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.2%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66.7%2016: 68.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32.5%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.2%2016: 94.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.6%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.7%2016: 80.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.5%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%11.1%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.6%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.8%2016: 69.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%14.5%2016: 27.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.6%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021