Toronto
Major city · Ontario · Population 2,794,356
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
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.2% · 2016: 40.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.8%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 12.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.9%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 26.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.1%2016: 15.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.9%2011: 24.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.6%2011: 18.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.9%2011: 10.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.2%2016: 32.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.3%2011: 14.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.6%2016: 10.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19%2016: 20.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.3%2016: 4.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.8%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%49.4%2016: 44.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.9%2016: 85.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.5%2016: 9.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.5%2016: 4.9%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%50.2%2016: 50.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%48.6%2016: 47.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 30.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 26.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%51.9%2016: 52.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%48.1%2016: 47.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%23.3%2016: 24.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.2%2016: 6.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.4%2016: 5.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.1%2016: 4.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14%2016: 14.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%46.7%2016: 44.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%61%2016: 50.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%26.2%2016: 37%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.7%2016: 8.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2%2016: 2.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021