Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 14%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
The median age in Birchcliffe-Cliffside is 44.9, higher than in two thirds of Canadian towns. 27% of residents are immigrants. At the 2021 Census, 23,115 people lived locally, in 9,615 households. Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 31% of residents belong to a visible minority in the neighbourhood.
Children under 15 make up 15% in Birchcliffe-Cliffside, less than in 62% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.6% of residents. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 61% of Canadian towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Birchcliffe-Cliffside, 44.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Birchcliffe-Cliffside ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 33%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%. Across Birchcliffe-Cliffside, one in ten households are one-parent families.
Birchcliffe-Cliffside sits below 60% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (43%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 32% of adults, against a typical 27%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 10%.
More renter households than 67% of Canadian towns: 34%
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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside, 51% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 57% predate 1961, 10% date from 2001 or later.
A median household income of $93,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $93,600, the middle household in Birchcliffe-Cliffside out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 9%. Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
7.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
In Birchcliffe-Cliffside, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (45%), then in Europe (32%).
Birchcliffe-Cliffside sits above 65% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (40%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of Indigenous residents (0.9%), Birchcliffe-Cliffside is below 83% of Canadian towns. Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (6.6%) and Hindu (2.5%).
Birchcliffe-Cliffside sits above 56% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (8.7%)
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
At home: English 85%, French 0.4%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.3%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Birchcliffe-Cliffside ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 43%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 7.3% here, 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 53% of adults
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 53% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
The 10th oldest of 41 towns of 22,408 to 23,872 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 32.5 (Cité-Universitaire) up to 54.8 (Cobourg). Islington (44), Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview (44.2), Cranbrook (45.2) and Riverview (45.2): the towns nearest Birchcliffe-Cliffside in median age.
No nearby town is as old as Birchcliffe-Cliffside
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 23,115 | — | 44.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Oakridge | 13,913 | 1.2 km | 38 | 14% | 53% |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 2.1 km | 40 | 15% | 51% |
| Taylor-Massey | 15,050 | 2.4 km | 37.2 | 12% | 54% |
| East End-Danforth | 22,055 | 3.0 km | 41 | 14% | 27% |
| O'Connor-Parkview | 18,746 | 3.1 km | 42.6 | 18% | 39% |
| Kennedy Park | 17,156 | 3.5 km | 41.8 | 17% | 56% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s residents
What is the average age in Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
The median age is 44.9, older than 67% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Birchcliffe-Cliffside bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 8.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
Immigrants: 27% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 31%. Indigenous identity: 0.9%.
What religion are people in Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
40% said they have no religion and 48% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Is Birchcliffe-Cliffside good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 47% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Birchcliffe-Cliffside are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
Half of Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s households had more than $93,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
The 2021 Census counted 23,115 people in Birchcliffe-Cliffside.
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).