York University Heights
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 28,557
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
- 37.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 51.9% (estimated) · 2016: 43.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.6%2016: 14.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%16.8%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.5%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.6%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.6%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.4%2011: 23.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%13.9%2011: 14.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%14%2011: 12.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.7%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%24%2011: 21% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.5%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.6%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.7%2016: 22.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%33.9%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.6%2016: 90.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.9%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.5%2016: 5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%41.6%2016: 41.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%57.8%2016: 58% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 29.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 28.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%46.5%2016: 45% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%53.5%2016: 54.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%12.3%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%14%2016: 13.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.5%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.7%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.6%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%51.6%2016: 54.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%46%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%59.6%2016: 51.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%34.4%2016: 42.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021