Eglinton East
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 22,820
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
- 40.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.4% (estimated) · 2016: 37.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.6%2016: 18.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.4%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 27.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.7%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.7%2011: 28.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%12.5%2011: 13.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%17.7%2011: 18% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.9%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.2%2011: 16.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.8%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.4%2016: 27.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.3%2016: 6.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.1%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.6%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.5%2016: 90.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.1%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%47.9%2016: 48.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%51%2016: 50.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 26.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 29.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%46.4%2016: 45% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%53.2%2016: 54.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%18.8%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.8%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.9%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.1%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%64.3%2016: 62.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%59.5%2016: 47.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%34.6%2016: 49.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.1%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021