Palmerston-Little Italy
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 13,171
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
- 37.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45% (estimated) · 2016: 47.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%42.6%2016: 45.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.7%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.4%2011: 15.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.7%2011: 19.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.5%2016: 35.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%20.1%2011: 24.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.6%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.5%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.6%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.9%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%63.3%2016: 58.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%78.2%2016: 77.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%17%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.9%2016: 5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%65.7%2016: 65.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.3%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32%2016: 32.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%41.5%2016: 41.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%58.4%2016: 58.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%6.4%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%16%2016: 14.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.1%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.8%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%59.3%2016: 61.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%4.9%2016: 4.7% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%72.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%6.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%39.6%2016: 25.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%23.6%2016: 35.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%16.4%2016: 17.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%15.7%2016: 18.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021