West Queen West
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 13,599
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
- 37.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 (estimated) · 2011: 1.7 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 61.7% (estimated) · 2016: 56.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.3%2016: 8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.2%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%54.8%2016: 57.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.1%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%8.7%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%9.6%2011: 8.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.1%2011: 22.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.8%2011: 5.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%50.7%2016: 52.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.9%2011: 12% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.9%2016: 4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.1%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.3%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.8%2016: 19.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%67.2%2016: 61.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%82.8%2016: 83% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14.7%2016: 14.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.4%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%67%2016: 69% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.4%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%30.5%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 70.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 68.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.5%2016: 56% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.5%2016: 44.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.4%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.7%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%68.4%2016: 67.5% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%9.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%38.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%43%2016: 31.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%24.2%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%21.2%2016: 29.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%5.6%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.2%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021