Danforth
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 9,364
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
- 42.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.2% (estimated) · 2016: 29.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.2%2016: 30.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.9%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.8%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.6%2011: 27.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.9%2011: 19.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.9%2011: 7.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.3%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.3%2011: 12.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.5%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.6%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.8%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.7%2016: 17.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%59.1%2016: 53% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%80.4%2016: 80.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.1%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.1%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66.8%2016: 64.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.4%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%30.8%2016: 32.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63%2016: 64.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37%2016: 35.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%17.5%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%31.8%2016: 31.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.2%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%34.5%2016: 36.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%10%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%76.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%12.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%6.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%45.2%2016: 36.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%36.6%2016: 49.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.7%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021