Photo: Newmila · CC BY-SA 4.0Danforth East York ranks below 90% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%
With visible minority residents at 32%, Danforth East York is ahead of 70% of Canadian towns on that count. The neighbourhood counted 17,073 residents and 6,930 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 12% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 8.7% here, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents are under 15
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).
Set against 19% across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are 65 or over in Danforth East York. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The median age here is 42.1, higher than in half of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Danforth East York, 42.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
9.7% of households are one-parent families, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.5 people. The comparison figure for one-parent families is 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The figure for one-person households is 28% in Danforth East York and 27% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 49%, a higher share than 57% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: a tenth of the total.
42% of households live in a single-detached house, below 76% of Canadian towns
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
Renter households make up 31%, against 25% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 69% predate 1961, 6.1% date from 2001 or later.
Median household income here: $105,300 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Danforth East York’s, at $105,300, is 22% higher. The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 27% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Danforth East York: 32% of residents are immigrants, above 75% 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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 15% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (44%), then in Asia (37%).
42% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.6%). Fewer Indigenous residents than in 81% of Canadian towns: 1%. On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Danforth East York sits above 68% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (14%)
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, 15% mostly speak another language; 3% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Higher than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Danforth East York sits above 90% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (55%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.8% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 60% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 16,542 to 17,591 people: this is the 14th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Bay-Cloverhill, at 29.6, to Saint-Charles-Borromée, at 57.2. Next to Danforth East York on this scale come La Visitation (42.1), Elder Mills (42.1), Oakbank (42.4) and Canmore (42.8).
Of the 6 towns nearest Danforth East York, 2 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth East York | 17,073 | — | 42.1 | 17% | 32% |
| Danforth | 9,364 | 0.4 km | 41.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Old East York | 9,175 | 0.8 km | 44 | 18% | 32% |
| Broadview North | 11,080 | 1.6 km | 42.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Blake-Jones | 7,494 | 1.6 km | 40 | 14% | 31% |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 1.7 km | 41.7 | 16% | 32% |
| Woodbine Corridor | 12,283 | 1.7 km | 40.6 | 12% | 25% |
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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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 Danforth East York’s residents
What is the population of Danforth East York?
Danforth East York had 17,073 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Danforth East York?
The median age is 42.1, older than 50% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Danforth East York bilingual?
English and French: 14% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 83%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 2%.
How diverse is Danforth East York?
Immigrants: 32% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 32%. Indigenous identity: 1%.
What religion are people in Danforth East York?
42% said they have no religion and 47% that they are Christian; 11% named another faith.
Is Danforth East York good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 9.7%. Schools near Danforth East York are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Danforth East York?
Half of Danforth East York’s households had more than $105,300 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).