Steeles
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 22,943
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
- 49 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 (estimated) · 2011: 3.2 (estimated) · 2016: 3.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.1% (estimated) · 2016: 31.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.8%2016: 23.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 29.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.8%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.1%2011: 35.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.9%2011: 18.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.5%2011: 10.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.6%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%21.9%2011: 22.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.6%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.4%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.3%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.3%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%37.9%2016: 33.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%75%2016: 73.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.5%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%21.5%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%20.7%2016: 18.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%78.9%2016: 80.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 36.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 36.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.1%2016: 83.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%47%2016: 47.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.1%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.9%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.5%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%35.7%2016: 34.6% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%55.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.1%2016: 73% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%13.2%2016: 23.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021