Elms-Old Rexdale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 9,366
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
- 38.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.3% (estimated) · 2016: 33.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.3%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.3%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.9%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.9%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.9%2011: 29.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%14.9%2011: 15.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%19.7%2011: 19.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.5%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%19.9%2011: 16.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.8%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.5%2016: 33.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.4%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.4%2016: 24.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.6%2016: 19% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.3%2016: 92.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.5%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.2%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%52.2%2016: 52.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%47.3%2016: 47.3% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 25.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 26.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.9%2016: 54.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%44.8%2016: 45.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%31.6%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%15%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.3%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.7%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%43.6%2016: 42.7% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%47.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%73.5%2016: 64% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%20.4%2016: 33.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021