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Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown

Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 32,069

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
36.2 years
Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 33.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.5 years (estimated)
Average household size
3.2
Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.5 (estimated) · 2011: 3.4 (estimated) · 2016: 3.3 (estimated)
Moved home in the last 5 years
32%
Canada: 39%, 2006: 52.2% (estimated) · 2016: 37.9% (estimated)

Age

  • Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 21.4% (estimated)
  • Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%16.1%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
  • Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.5%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
  • Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.2%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
  • Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.3%2016: 10.9% (estimated)

Households

  • Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.2%2011: 35.5% (estimated)
  • Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%11.2%2011: 11% (estimated)
  • One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%17.3%2011: 15.5% (estimated)
  • People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
  • Other householdsCanada: 11%24.3%2011: 23.1% (estimated)
Education and languages

Highest education, ages 25 to 64

  • No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.9%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
  • High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.9%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
  • Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.5%2016: 5.2% (estimated)
  • College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.7%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
  • University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%26.8%2016: 22.2% (estimated)

Knowledge of English and French

  • Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.7%2016: 88.6% (estimated)
  • Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
  • Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.3%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
  • Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%6.9%2016: 7.6% (estimated)

Mother tongue

  • Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%39.9%2016: 39.2% (estimated)
  • Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
  • Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%59.5%2016: 60.3% (estimated)
Homes
Condominiums
29.4%
Canada: 15%, 2016: 28.4% (estimated)

Owners and renters

  • OwnersCanada: 66.5%46.6%2016: 45.7% (estimated)
  • RentersCanada: 33.1%53.3%2016: 54.7% (estimated)

Types of homes

  • Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%17.8%2016: 17.8% (estimated)
  • Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.6%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
  • Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.4%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
  • Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.3%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
  • Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.9%2016: 1% (estimated)
  • Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%60.8%2016: 61.2% (estimated)

When homes were built

  • Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.1%
  • Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%44.4%
  • Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35.4%
  • Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.3%
  • Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.9%
Getting to work

Main way to work

  • Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%73.2%2016: 62.6% (estimated)
  • Public transitCanada: 7.7%22.1%2016: 32.8% (estimated)
  • WalkCanada: 5.2%1.9%2016: 3% (estimated)
  • BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
  • Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.4% (estimated)

Statistics Canada, 2021

Sources

Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 (Census Profile). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.