Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0A higher share of immigrants than 94% of Canadian towns, at 52%
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 19%, Erindale is ahead of 86% of Canadian towns on that count. At 54%, the share of visible minority residents is higher than in 88% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 22,755 residents and 7,765 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 15% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
What stands out about the people of Erindale
More immigrants than most towns
52% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (56%) or in Europe (27%); 22% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Erindale: 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 89% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 20–24 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 18% of residents are 65 or over in Erindale. Lower than in 64% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Erindale, 42.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 88% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-person households (19%), Erindale is below just over four fifths of Canadian towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 11%.
Common-law partners make up 4.2% in Erindale, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, half of residents 15 and over are married in Erindale. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Below 81% of Canadian towns: 34% of households live in a single-detached house
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 30% of households rent their home here. Just over one in ten homes were built before 1961 and 4.4% in 2001 or later. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$101,800 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Erindale’s, at $101,800, is 18% higher. The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 34% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Only 9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Erindale
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 22% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Only 22% of residents said they have no religion in Erindale
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Erindale, 0.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (14%) and Hindu (3.6%).
55% have a mother tongue other than English or French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Erindale sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 29% mostly speak another language; 4% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Erindale: 41% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 73% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 9.9% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 52%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 52% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 16th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest of these towns is Cité-Universitaire, at 32.5; the oldest, Cobourg, is at 54.8. Next to Erindale on this scale come Mont-Royal (42), Rockcliffe-Smythe (42), Renfrew-Collingwood (42.3) and Colwood (42.4).
Older than Erindale: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erindale | 22,755 | — | 42.1 | 18% | 52% |
| Cooksville NHD (West) | 14,821 | 2.1 km | 44.7 | 21% | 59% |
| Fairview | 7,597 | 2.3 km | 45.9 | 22% | 61% |
| Creditview | 10,972 | 2.4 km | 41 | 20% | 59% |
| Sheridan | 15,775 | 3.0 km | 42.7 | 20% | 43% |
| DT Core | 33,003 | 3.1 km | 34.8 | 13% | 60% |
| DT Cooksville | 8,864 | 3.5 km | 38.1 | 17% | 66% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Erindale’s residents
Is Erindale bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 0.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Erindale?
Immigrants: 52% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 54%. Indigenous identity: 0.9%.
What religion are people in Erindale?
22% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 22% named another faith.
Is Erindale good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Erindale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Erindale?
Half of Erindale’s households had more than $101,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Erindale?
The 2021 Census counted 22,755 people in Erindale.
What is the average age in Erindale?
The median age is 42.1, older than 50% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
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).