Photo: Michael Nugent from Vancouver, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 33.5: City View is younger than 95% of Canadian towns
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of residents are not Canadian citizens in City View. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are aged 15 to 24. Compared with other places, renter households are common here: 49%, more than in 85% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 6,468 residents and 2,340 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of City View
Younger than most towns
Line City View’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 33.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 11% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
20% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.8 times the typical share; 54% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Children under 15 make up 11% in City View, less than in 91% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 20–24, with 16% of residents, 3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ City View, 33.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 70% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 6%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: 18% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Here, a quarter of households are one person living alone.
In City View, 7.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
44% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). In City View, 35% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In City View, 14% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
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
In City View, 60% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 27% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $95,700 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
City View’s median household took in $95,700 before tax, 11% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 30% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
City View ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 20%
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; City View has 20%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (48%), then in Europe (28%). For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents: 37%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
At 3.6%, the share of Indigenous residents is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. The census found that 31% of residents said they have no religion in City View.
City View sits above 76% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (23%)
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
1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 5.1% in City View. At home, 17% mostly speak another language; 1.7% speak neither English nor French. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 80% of Canadian towns, at 46%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
An employment rate of 60%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (6,386 to 6,561), the 1st youngest of 41 towns
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from City View, at 33.5, to Tweed, at 53.6. By median age, City View sits among West Broadway (33.7) and Woodhill (34.1).
Every nearby town is older than City View
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City View | 6,468 | — | 33.5 | 19% | 20% |
| Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park | 9,248 | 0.9 km | 39.9 | 21% | 21% |
| Crestview-Tanglewood | 8,302 | 1.7 km | 40.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Fisher Heights | 6,451 | 2.3 km | 34.2 | 15% | 34% |
| Centrepointe - Briargreen | 9,259 | 2.3 km | 44.3 | 21% | 29% |
| Iris | 5,733 | 2.5 km | 38.1 | 18% | 24% |
| Craig Henry - Manordale | 8,758 | 2.5 km | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about City View’s residents
What is the median income in City View?
The median household in City View took in $95,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of City View?
6,468, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for City View alone.
What is the average age in City View?
A median age of 33.5, younger than 95% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is City View bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 23% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 74% speak only English and 0.2% only French; 5.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is City View?
20% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 37% belong to a visible minority and 3.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in City View?
47% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 22% follow another religion.
Is City View good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 43% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near City View 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).