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Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 7,595
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 52.4% (estimated) · 2016: 54.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%6.9%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 19.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%39.5%2016: 37.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%19.8%2016: 18.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.2%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.3%2011: 11.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.6%2011: 19.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.5%2011: 6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.7%2016: 42.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.9%2011: 21.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.4%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.7%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.1%2016: 13% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%68.8%2016: 68.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%81.9%2016: 80% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.2%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.8%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%62.1%2016: 62.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%35.8%2016: 35.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%38.9%2016: 37% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%61.4%2016: 62.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%3.5%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 6.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.8%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.1%2016: 5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%40.5%2016: 41.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%31.9%2016: 33.1% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.4%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%59%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%3.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%34.6%2016: 19% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%26.4%2016: 36.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%23.6%2016: 27.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%8.6%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021