Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.022% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
49% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Census day 2021: 16,184 residents and 5,905 households in Cliffcrest. Locally, nearly two in five residents are immigrants. Higher than in 70% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Above 86% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With a median age of 43.4, Cliffcrest is older than 58% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cliffcrest, 43.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 78% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
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.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Cliffcrest comes in at 24%. On one-parent families, Cliffcrest sits higher than four fifths of Canadian towns: 10%.
Cliffcrest ranks below 82% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 6.6%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 33% of adults, against a typical 27%. The share of married residents 15 and over stands at 47%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
37% of households rent their home, a share 70% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
44% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. Across the comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The share of households in single-detached houses is 58%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $96,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $96,200, the middle household in Cliffcrest out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 12%. Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. In 2020, 34% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9% in Cliffcrest, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (60%) or in Europe (18%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 21% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
26% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 75% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With Indigenous residents at 1.3%, Cliffcrest is behind three quarters of Canadian towns on that count. As a yardstick, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (16%) and Hindu (7%).
English is the mother tongue of 61%, and 7.5% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 74%, French 0.2%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Cliffcrest sits lower than 89% of Canadian towns: 0.6%.
Cliffcrest ranks above 79% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 45%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 8%, against 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 51% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 15,775 to 16,603 people, the 14th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 32.8 (Evergreen) to 54.3 (Vieux-Moulin) across the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Cliffcrest’s: Leduc County (42.8), Bathurst Manor (42.9), South Windsor (43.5) and Newtonbrook East (44).
Every neighbour of Cliffcrest has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffcrest | 16,184 | — | 43.4 | 18% | 39% |
| Kennedy Park | 17,156 | 1.7 km | 41.8 | 17% | 56% |
| Eglinton East | 22,820 | 2.0 km | 39.7 | 17% | 59% |
| Scarborough Village | 16,774 | 2.7 km | 38.3 | 15% | 55% |
| Ionview | 13,382 | 3.0 km | 39.3 | 16% | 56% |
| Bendale South | 10,885 | 3.1 km | 40.1 | 17% | 53% |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 3.3 km | 40 | 15% | 51% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Cliffcrest’s residents
What is the population of Cliffcrest?
16,184, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Cliffcrest alone.
What is the average age in Cliffcrest?
Half the residents are older than 43.4 and half younger, older than 58% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Cliffcrest bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 0.6%.
How diverse is Cliffcrest?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 39%. A visible minority makes up 49% and Indigenous residents 1.3%.
What religion are people in Cliffcrest?
Most often Christian (48%) or no religion (26%); other religions make up 26%.
Is Cliffcrest good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 52% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Cliffcrest are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cliffcrest?
Median total household income in Cliffcrest was $96,200 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).