Yonge-Eglinton
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 12,424
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
- 39.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 49.1% (estimated) · 2016: 48.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.9%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%35.6%2016: 36.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.7%2016: 25.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.5%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.8%2011: 21.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.2%2011: 21.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.2%2016: 41.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 7.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.4%2016: 2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%10.6%2016: 9.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.4%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%70.7%2016: 70.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%83.4%2016: 81.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.5%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.1%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66.7%2016: 71.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%31.3%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 11.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%37.1%2016: 38.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%62.7%2016: 61.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%23%2016: 24.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.8%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.5%2016: 25.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%39.6%2016: 35.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%47.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%48.8%2016: 35.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%31.6%2016: 49.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.9%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.4%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.6%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021