Morningside Heights
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 24,972
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 34.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4 (estimated) · 2011: 4 (estimated) · 2016: 4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 71% (estimated) · 2016: 28.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.9%2016: 26.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.6%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%40.8%2011: 44.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%10.8%2011: 8.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.7%2011: 9.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%7.4%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%31.3%2011: 31.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.3%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.3%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.9%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%30.1%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.2%2016: 90.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.5%2016: 5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%5.2%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%40.7%2016: 41.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%59%2016: 58.3% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.2%2016: 86.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.6%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%59.6%2016: 59.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.2%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%17.5%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%12%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%2.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%63.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.1%2016: 70.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%15.4%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.3%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021