Highland Creek
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 12,678
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: 44.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.6 (estimated) · 2011: 3.4 (estimated) · 2016: 3.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.7% (estimated) · 2016: 23.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.6%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.6%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.7%2016: 30.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.8%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.9%2011: 41.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.6%2011: 18.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 7.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%11.4%2016: 11.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%25.9%2011: 22.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.8%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.1%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.2%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.5%2016: 33.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.7%2016: 92.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.8%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%49.3%2016: 53.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%50.1%2016: 46% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.4%2016: 88.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.2%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.6%2016: 83.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14.8%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.5%2016: 0.5% (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%8.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%62.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.6%2016: 71.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%15.4%2016: 26% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.5%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021