North St.James Town
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 18,733
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
- 37.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 34.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 1.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 58.7% (estimated) · 2016: 49.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.5%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%42.3%2016: 41.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.8%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14%2011: 13.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%16.4%2011: 14% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%45.9%2016: 47.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.6%2011: 16% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.5%2016: 8.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.8%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.7%2016: 4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.3%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%49.7%2016: 45.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89%2016: 87.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.2%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.6%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%40.6%2016: 40.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.9%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%57.5%2016: 57% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%11.1%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%88.9%2016: 90% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.1%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.6%2016: 6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%92.9%2016: 92.4% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%47.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%26.5%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%46.1%2016: 56.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%18%2016: 21.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%5.3%2016: 5.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.4%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021