Photo: Ian Muttoo from Mississauga, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.060% of residents are immigrants, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 37%, above 99% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 33,003 residents in 15,175 households. On the census count, 18% of residents said they have no religion. Fewer households in single-detached houses than in 97% of Canadian towns: 1.7%.
What stands out about the people of DT Core
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 60% 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 (72%) and in Europe (11%), and 44% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 79%, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 60%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 95% of households, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 97% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Younger than most towns
Line DT Core’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 15% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 34.8: DT Core is younger than 91% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, against 13% in DT Core. Locally, 15% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ DT Core, 34.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 36% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. There are 2.2 people in the average household. One-parent families: 8.8%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Only 6% of residents 15 and over live common-law in DT Core
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 49% in DT Core. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 95% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
70% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.8% built before 1961. Renter households are more common here than in 84% of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $74,200 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; DT Core’s, at $74,200, is 14% lower. Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 32% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 28%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 44% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Above 96% of Canadian towns: 79% of residents belong to a visible minority
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
66% have a mother tongue other than English or French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.8% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. 5.5% of residents speak English and French, a lower share than in 69% of Canadian towns. At home, 33% mostly speak another language; 3.4% speak neither English nor French.
62% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.8% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 57% 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. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 57%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Centretown (34.8), at the other North Cowichan (51.2). In age, DT Core keeps company with Centretown (34.8), Sainte-Marie (35.1) and St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (35.1).
The towns around DT Core are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT Core | 33,003 | — | 34.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Fairview | 7,597 | 1.0 km | 45.9 | 22% | 61% |
| DT Fairview | 18,209 | 1.1 km | 38.9 | 17% | 64% |
| Creditview | 10,972 | 1.7 km | 41 | 20% | 59% |
| DT Cooksville | 8,864 | 2.0 km | 38.1 | 17% | 66% |
| Uptown | 12,244 | 2.1 km | 39.5 | 19% | 64% |
| Cooksville NHD (West) | 14,821 | 2.4 km | 44.7 | 21% | 59% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about DT Core’s residents
What is the population of DT Core?
DT Core had 33,003 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in DT Core?
34.8 is the median age, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 13%.
Is DT Core bilingual?
English and French: 5.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.8%.
How diverse is DT Core?
Immigrants make up 60% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 79% are members of a visible minority, and 0.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in DT Core?
Christian: 35%. No religion: 18%. Another religion: 47%.
Is DT Core good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 45% of households are couple families and 8.8% one-parent families. Schools near DT Core are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in DT Core?
$74,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in DT Core (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).