Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 18% of households live in a single-detached house in Danforth
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Danforth. The neighbourhood had 9,364 residents in 3,915 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 28% of residents are immigrants here. 29% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 66% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Danforth
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 59% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 16%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 41.6: Danforth is younger than 53% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. In Danforth, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Danforth, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A higher share of one-person households than 66% of Canadian towns, at 31%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Danforth, 2.4. On the census count, 7.9% of households are one-parent families. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Danforth ranks below 53% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 45%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 30% of adults, against a typical 27%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 10% of the total.
In Danforth, 10% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
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
By its share of renter households (37%), Danforth is above 71% of Canadian towns. Just over three quarters of homes were built before 1961 and 2.4% in 2001 or later.
Median household income here: $100,900 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Danforth: half had more than $100,900, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 27% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Danforth, 8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Danforth, 9.6%. By way of comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (41%), then in Asia (40%).
Danforth sits above 74% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (43%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.7%) and Jewish (2%). As a yardstick, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. At 1.2%, the share of Indigenous residents is lower than in 77% of Canadian towns.
15% of residents speak English and French, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
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
At home: English 81%, French 1.2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are more common here than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
In Danforth, 59% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.5%, against 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 57%.
15th highest median age among 41 towns of 9,180 to 9,548
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Oromocto (31.8), at the other Vankleek Hill (52.4). Nearest to Danforth in age: Rustic (41.4), Otterburn Park (41.6), Saint-Robert (42) and Fall River (42.9).
Older than Danforth: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth | 9,364 | — | 41.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Danforth East York | 17,073 | 0.4 km | 42.1 | 17% | 32% |
| Old East York | 9,175 | 1.2 km | 44 | 18% | 32% |
| Blake-Jones | 7,494 | 1.4 km | 40 | 14% | 31% |
| Woodbine Corridor | 12,283 | 1.4 km | 40.6 | 12% | 25% |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 14,146 | 1.4 km | 39.7 | 13% | 28% |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 1.7 km | 41.7 | 16% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Danforth’s residents
What religion are people in Danforth?
Christian: 45%. No religion: 43%. Another religion: 13%.
Is Danforth good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 49% of households are couple families and 7.9% one-parent families. Schools near Danforth are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Danforth?
$100,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Danforth (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Danforth?
9,364, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Danforth alone.
What is the average age in Danforth?
41.6 is the median age, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Danforth bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 15% are. Another 0% speak only French and 80% only English, and French is the first language of 2.4%.
How diverse is Danforth?
Immigrants make up 28% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 29% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).