Westminster-Branson
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 26,027
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
- 45.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 53.4% (estimated) · 2016: 45% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.9%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.9%2016: 26.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 27.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.8%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.9%2011: 26% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%18.2%2011: 19.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 12.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.1%2016: 26.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%18.7%2011: 15.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.3%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.6%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.2%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.9%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%43.6%2016: 44.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.3%2016: 88.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.1%2016: 5.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%5.5%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%29.2%2016: 28.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%70%2016: 70.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 28.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 28.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%40%2016: 39.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%60.1%2016: 60.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%8.9%2016: 8.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.5%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.4%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%75.3%2016: 75.4% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%49.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%58.4%2016: 51.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%35%2016: 44.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021