Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Cornell: 82% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 97% of Canadian towns
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Cornell. At the 2021 Census, 22,014 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 6,790 households. Renter households account for 18%. With a median age of 37.5, Cornell is younger than 80% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cornell
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 82%, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 51%. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 51% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (82%) and in the Americas (9.2%), and 21% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 9.3% of households are one-parent families and households average 3.2 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15: 22%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 12% in Cornell.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cornell, 37.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Cornell households average 3.2 people, larger than in 94% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Below 91% of Canadian towns: 4.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Cornell has 59%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 71% of Canadian towns, at 48%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 63% of Canadian towns: 1.7%. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 79% date from 2001 or later, 0.7% from before 1961.
$118,400 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Cornell’s median household took in $118,400 before tax, 38% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. 34% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A higher share of immigrants than 93% of Canadian towns, at 51%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (82%) and in the Americas (9.2%). Set beside that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents without Canadian citizenship: 12% here, more than in 75% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 21% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 2.2% of residents.
82% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (11%), Muslim (8.5%) and Buddhist (2.6%). 0.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion: 35%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
56% have a mother tongue other than English or French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 31% mostly speak another language; 6.1% speak neither English nor French. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Cornell sits lower than 86% of Canadian towns: 0.7%. The neighbourhood sits close to the norm on bilingual residents: 6.6%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns: 52%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 6.5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 61% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 61%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 21,533 to 22,529 people, the 11th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, at 31.4, to Cobourg, at 54.8. The towns whose median age is nearest to Cornell’s: Steinbach (36), Snowdon (37.2), Sunningdale (37.6) and South Parkdale (38.8).
Every nearby town is older than Cornell
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell | 22,014 | — | 37.5 | 12% | 51% |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 1.2 km | 40.3 | 14% | 49% |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 2.5 km | 40.7 | 17% | 56% |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2.6 km | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 2.9 km | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Box Grove | 25,496 | 4.0 km | 38.1 | 13% | 57% |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 4.1 km | 38.8 | 13% | 60% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Cornell’s residents
What is the median income in Cornell?
Median total household income in Cornell was $118,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cornell?
Cornell had 22,014 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Cornell?
Half the residents are older than 37.5 and half younger, younger than 80% of Canadian towns; 22% are children under 15 and 12% are 65 or over.
Is Cornell bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.6% are. Another 0% speak only French and 87% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Cornell?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 51%. A visible minority makes up 82% and Indigenous residents 0.3%.
What religion are people in Cornell?
Most often Christian (40%) or no religion (35%); other religions make up 25%.
Is Cornell good for families?
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 9.3%. Schools near Cornell are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).