Downtown Yonge East
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 18,251
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
- 34.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.6 (estimated) · 2011: 1.6 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 63.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 63.3% (estimated) · 2016: 55.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%5.5%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.4%2016: 15.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%48.6%2016: 44.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%19.4%2016: 23.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%6.1%2011: 6.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.7%2011: 20.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.9%2011: 5.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%56.1%2016: 52% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 14% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.5%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%9.6%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.7%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.5%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%72.3%2016: 65.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.1%2016: 83.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.4%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%51.6%2016: 59.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.5%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%45.9%2016: 37.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 76.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 68% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%36.1%2016: 42.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%63.9%2016: 57.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.2%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.7%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%95.7%2016: 93.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%12.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%29.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%26.3%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%26.4%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%38.1%2016: 48.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3.9%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.8%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021