Photo: BrackishStowaway · CC0In Beechborough-Greenbrook, 52% of residents are immigrants, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
One-parent families: 19% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 6,419 residents and 2,565 households in Beechborough-Greenbrook. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 22%. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 77% of Canadian towns: 13%.
What stands out about the people of Beechborough-Greenbrook
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 52% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in the Americas (35%), then in Asia (28%), and 25% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 67% of households, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 70% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A mix of backgrounds
61% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 52% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 65% of Canadian towns: half of Beechborough-Greenbrook is under 39.9
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 7.3% of residents. At 17%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 63% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 16%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beechborough-Greenbrook, 39.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women.
In Beechborough-Greenbrook, 31% of households are one person living alone, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
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.
Each household has 2.4 people on average. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
In Beechborough-Greenbrook, 6.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
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: 37% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Beechborough-Greenbrook, 36% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of renter households than 94% of Canadian towns, at 67%
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
13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Beechborough-Greenbrook has more households in buildings of five or more storeys than 89% of Canadian towns, at 25%. Households in single-detached houses: just over a quarter of the total.
A median household income of $63,100 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Beechborough-Greenbrook’s median household took in $63,100 before tax, 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. 40% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Only 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Beechborough-Greenbrook
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in the Americas (35%), then in Asia (28%). The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns. 25% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents: 61%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 17%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%. The census found that 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Beechborough-Greenbrook.
English is the mother tongue of 53%, and 4.3% speak French as well
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
Beechborough-Greenbrook sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 68%, French 0.3%. On bilingual residents, Beechborough-Greenbrook sits lower than 83% of Canadian towns: 4.3%.
Beechborough-Greenbrook ranks below 73% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 19%, against 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 49% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
49% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 17% are 65 or more.
41 towns of 6,329 to 6,504 people: this is the 15th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is City View (33.5) and the oldest Tweed (53.6). Nearest to Beechborough-Greenbrook in age: Terwillegar Towne (38.4), Mcquesten West (38.4), Electoral Area C, Peace River (40.4) and Glamorgan (40.5).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Beechborough-Greenbrook
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | — | 39.9 | 17% | 52% |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West | 11,407 | 1.1 km | 41 | 17% | 53% |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | 17,541 | 1.7 km | 38.7 | 14% | 54% |
| Caledonia-Fairbank | 10,037 | 1.7 km | 40.6 | 15% | 50% |
| Mount Dennis | 13,364 | 2.1 km | 39.5 | 15% | 54% |
| Briar Hill-Belgravia | 14,590 | 2.1 km | 41.8 | 16% | 56% |
| Yorkdale-Glen Park | 17,043 | 2.3 km | 40.4 | 19% | 50% |
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. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently 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.
- 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.
Questions about Beechborough-Greenbrook’s residents
Is Beechborough-Greenbrook good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 34% of households are couple families and 19% one-parent families. Schools near Beechborough-Greenbrook are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beechborough-Greenbrook?
$63,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Beechborough-Greenbrook (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Beechborough-Greenbrook?
6,419, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Beechborough-Greenbrook alone.
What is the average age in Beechborough-Greenbrook?
39.9 is the median age, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Beechborough-Greenbrook bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Beechborough-Greenbrook?
Immigrants make up 52% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 61% are members of a visible minority, and 1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Beechborough-Greenbrook?
Christian: 67%. No religion: 17%. Another religion: 15%.
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).