Photo: Sikander Iqbal · CC BY-SA 4.0Immigrants make up 58% in Avondale, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents who moved in within the year: 24% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 94% of Canadian towns. Avondale counted 13,803 residents and 6,995 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, one in ten residents are 65 or over.
What stands out about the people of Avondale
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 58% 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 (78%) and in Europe (11%), and 43% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 74%, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 58%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 78% of households, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 90% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 73% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 22%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Avondale is younger than 89% of Canadian towns: a median age of 35.3
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here and 11% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Avondale, 35.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 41% 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.
The average household has 2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 6.6% of households are one-parent families. Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 55% of Canadian towns: 45%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 35% of adults (typical: 27%). Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Avondale, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
78% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Just over four in five homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5.7% built before 1961. At 43%, the share of renter households is higher than in 78% of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $84,400 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Avondale’s median household took in $84,400 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 28% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 32%, a higher share than 99% 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
43% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (78%) and in Europe (11%).
A higher share of visible minority residents than 95% of Canadian towns, at 74%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
44% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). Indigenous identity: 0.2% (2.8%). To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
68% 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
Avondale sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 39% mostly speak another language; 3.8% speak neither English nor French.
Avondale ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 73%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 1.5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 63% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 63%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 13,494 to 14,146 people, the 9th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 29.7 (Sandy Hill) to 54.5 (Vanier) across the group. Next to Avondale on this scale come Sandwich (34.2), The Maples (35.1), Dawson Creek (35.6) and Lorette (35.6).
No nearby town is as young as Avondale
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | 13,803 | — | 35.3 | 10% | 58% |
| Yonge-Doris | 20,298 | 1.3 km | 38.2 | 17% | 64% |
| Lansing-Westgate | 15,980 | 1.3 km | 39.6 | 16% | 45% |
| East Willowdale | 15,514 | 1.3 km | 41 | 18% | 60% |
| St.Andrew-Windfields | 17,005 | 1.4 km | 45.3 | 21% | 50% |
| Willowdale West | 17,210 | 2.0 km | 40.5 | 21% | 56% |
| Bayview Village | 22,617 | 2.3 km | 39.5 | 19% | 59% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
Questions about Avondale’s residents
What is the median income in Avondale?
Half of Avondale’s households had more than $84,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Avondale?
13,803, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Avondale alone.
What is the average age in Avondale?
The median age is 35.3, younger than 89% of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 10% 65 or older.
Is Avondale bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Avondale?
Immigrants: 58% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 74%. Indigenous identity: 0.2%.
What religion are people in Avondale?
44% said they have no religion and 32% that they are Christian; 24% named another faith.
Is Avondale good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 43% of households and one-parent families 6.6%. Schools near Avondale 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).