Weston
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 18,896
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
- 39.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.9% (estimated) · 2016: 39.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.6%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.6%2016: 28.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.7%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.2%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.7%2011: 19.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%14.4%2011: 14.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%15.3%2011: 15.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.6%2016: 36.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15%2011: 12.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.2%2016: 18.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.4%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.3%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.3%2016: 26% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.3%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.3%2016: 90.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.5%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%58.1%2016: 58.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%41.1%2016: 40.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%35.4%2016: 36.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%64.8%2016: 63.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%20.6%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.8%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.9%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.4%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%59.4%2016: 57.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%65.4%2016: 57.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%29.9%2016: 38.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021