North Toronto
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 16,007
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
- 35.9 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.5 (estimated) · 2011: 1.6 (estimated) · 2016: 1.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 66.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 63% (estimated) · 2016: 59.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.3%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%51%2016: 48.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.6%2016: 23.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.3%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.6%2011: 8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.1%2011: 17.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.7%2011: 5.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%52.3%2016: 58.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.8%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%10.9%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.5%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.7%2016: 20.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%66.1%2016: 58.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.8%2016: 84.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.2%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.9%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%46.1%2016: 56.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.1%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%51.8%2016: 41.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 43.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 20.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%18.5%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%81.4%2016: 84.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.4%2016: 13.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%89.8%2016: 85.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%31%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%38.5%2016: 32.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%42.8%2016: 53.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.7%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3.1%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021