Old East York
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 9,175
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.6% (estimated) · 2016: 28.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.2%2016: 26.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.4%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.3%2016: 16.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.7%2011: 25.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.9%2011: 21.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 10.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.7%2016: 29.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.9%2011: 12.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19%2016: 20.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.8%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47.9%2016: 39.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.1%2016: 87.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%62.8%2016: 62.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%36.3%2016: 36.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.3%2016: 65% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.2%2016: 34.2% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.5%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%59.4%2016: 59% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.7%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.8%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.5%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%13.4%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%70%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%5.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%66.1%2016: 58% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%20.6%2016: 35% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.7%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021