Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 4.0More immigrants than 91% of Canadian towns: 49%
In Langstaff, just over one in ten households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 8,147 residents in 3,325 households. Census figures put residents with no religion at 27% in the neighbourhood. With a median age of 49.5, Langstaff is older than 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Langstaff
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 49% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (61%), then in Europe (30%), and 25% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 43% of households, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 41% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Langstaff sits above 83% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 11%. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Langstaff, 49.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Langstaff households average 2.5 people, larger than in 52% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Langstaff, 27% of households are one person living alone.
4.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 52% of residents 15 and over are married in Langstaff. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Langstaff ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 43%
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 figure for households in single-detached houses is 38% in Langstaff and 64% across Canada’s towns. 8% of homes were built before 1961 and 1.2% in 2001 or later.
Median gross household income: $93,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Langstaff’s households had a total income above $93,000, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 32% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Langstaff: 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 70% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (61%), then in Europe (30%). To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 25% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Visible minority residents make up 42% in Langstaff, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (11%) and Jewish (8.2%). Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are scarce here: 0.4%, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%.
In Langstaff, 9.4% of residents speak English and French, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
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
Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.6%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. At home, 28% mostly speak another language; 3.6% speak neither English nor French. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
54% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 89% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 48% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 48% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 8,008 to 8,283 people: this is the 7th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Taber, at 27.4; the oldest, Haliburton Village, is at 59.2. Closest in median age to Langstaff are St. Marys (48.4), Otonabee-South Monaghan (49.2), Alnwick/Haldimand (49.6) and Scenic Acres (50.7).
The towns around Langstaff are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langstaff | 8,147 | — | 49.5 | 26% | 49% |
| Steeles Corners | 9,468 | 1.9 km | 40.7 | 16% | 61% |
| Thornlea | 20,872 | 2.3 km | 47.8 | 27% | 61% |
| Thornhill | 17,940 | 2.4 km | 47.9 | 26% | 50% |
| Beverley Glen | 38,720 | 3.6 km | 47.9 | 25% | 52% |
| Newtonbrook East | 15,996 | 3.8 km | 44 | 23% | 64% |
| Thornhill Woods | 13,237 | 3.9 km | 38.6 | 9.5% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Langstaff’s residents
Is Langstaff good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Langstaff are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Langstaff?
The median household in Langstaff took in $93,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Langstaff?
8,147, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Langstaff alone.
What is the average age in Langstaff?
A median age of 49.5, older than 84% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Langstaff bilingual?
English and French: 9.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 87%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Langstaff?
49% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 42% belong to a visible minority and 0.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Langstaff?
50% are Christian and 27% have no religion; 23% follow another religion.
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).