Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 96% of Canadian towns: 55%
Children under 15 make up 8%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Annex counted 30,705 residents and 16,320 households at the 2021 Census. 31% of residents are immigrants. At 13%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in 78% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Annex
Many graduates
72% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 23% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
55% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 34% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 50%, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 22% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
22% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2 times the typical share; 48% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 22%, a higher share than 68% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%. With a median age of 40.7, Annex is younger than nearly three fifths of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Annex, 40.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
Annex ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 50%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Annex the average household is 1.8 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, one-parent families are scarce here: 4.7%, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Annex ranks below 81% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 33%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
40% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Annex, the census puts common-law partners at 13%.
Only 3.8% of households live in a single-detached house in Annex
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 40% predate 1961, 22% date from 2001 or later. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, renter households are common here: 59%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $87,600 a year
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
At $87,600, the middle household in Annex earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
More residents who moved in within the year than 95% of Canadian towns: 22%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (39%) or in Europe (33%). Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Recent arrivals are just over a quarter of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Annex ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 46%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (11%) and Muslim (3.4%). 28% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 66% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Annex comes in at 0.6%.
In Annex, 19% of residents speak English and French, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 9.8% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.4% speak neither official language.
Annex ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 72%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 2% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Oldest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 28,904 to 32,167 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Alloa (31.3), at the other Magog (54.4). The closest ages to Annex’s belong to Johnston Heights (40.3), Glenfield-Jane Heights (40.5), Est (Montréal-Nord) (41.2) and Killarney (41.7).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Annex
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annex | 30,705 | — | 40.7 | 22% | 31% |
| University | 7,595 | 1.1 km | 37.4 | 19% | 33% |
| Casa Loma | 11,369 | 1.4 km | 46.5 | 27% | 28% |
| Bay-Cloverhill | 17,591 | 1.4 km | 29.6 | 12% | 42% |
| Church-Wellesley | 22,415 | 1.6 km | 33.8 | 9.6% | 40% |
| Palmerston-Little Italy | 13,171 | 1.9 km | 37 | 16% | 29% |
| Yonge-St.Clair | 13,177 | 2.1 km | 45 | 26% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. 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 Annex’s residents
What is the population of Annex?
The 2021 Census counted 30,705 people in Annex.
What is the average age in Annex?
Half the residents are older than 40.7 and half younger, younger than 59% of Canadian towns; 8% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Annex bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 19% are. Another 0% speak only French and 80% only English, and French is the first language of 2.3%.
How diverse is Annex?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 31%. A visible minority makes up 28% and Indigenous residents 0.6%.
What religion are people in Annex?
Most often Christian (35%) or no religion (46%); other religions make up 19%.
Is Annex good for families?
Children under 15 are 8% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 36% of households and one-parent families 4.7%. Schools near Annex are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Annex?
Median total household income in Annex was $87,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).