Above 89% of Canadian towns: 46% of residents are immigrants
Residents with no religion make up 14%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. Still, 13% of households are one-parent families, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. There were 8,165 households in Englemount-Lawrence at the 2021 Census, home to 21,455 people. Across Englemount-Lawrence, 23% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Englemount-Lawrence
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 46% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (52%) and in Europe (21%), and 33% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 36% of households, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 22% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 57% of households, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 74% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of children under 15 than 84% of Canadian towns: 20%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
10–14 is the most common age band: 7.1% of residents. Typically, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The median age in Englemount-Lawrence is 38.6, lower than in 73% of Canadian towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 17% here and 19% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Englemount-Lawrence, 38.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 34% of households are one person living alone
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns: 4.1%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 43% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Englemount-Lawrence: 36% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 93% 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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 57% of households rent their home here. 26% of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later.
The median household brings in $80,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Englemount-Lawrence’s, at $80,500, is 6% lower. Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 36% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents without Canadian citizenship than 88% of Canadian towns: 18%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: a third of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Against that, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Here, 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 44% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (36%) and Muslim (4.3%). For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Fewer Indigenous residents than in 96% of Canadian towns: 0.1%.
57% have English as their mother tongue; 5.7% also speak French
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Englemount-Lawrence, 5.7%. 20% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.4% speak neither official language. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Englemount-Lawrence sits lower than 89% of Canadian towns: 0.6%.
Englemount-Lawrence sits above 79% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (45%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.4% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. 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%, above this 52%; 17% of residents are 65 or over.
The 15th youngest of 41 towns of 20,915 to 22,014 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Saddle Ridge, at 32.4, to Port Colborne, at 50.4. Nearest to Englemount-Lawrence in age: White Oaks (37.6), Chameran/Montpellier (38.2), South Parkdale (38.8) and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (39.2).
The towns around Englemount-Lawrence are all older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englemount-Lawrence | 21,455 | — | 38.6 | 17% | 46% |
| Bedford Park-Nortown | 22,376 | 1.6 km | 44 | 20% | 29% |
| Forest Hill North | 12,432 | 1.7 km | 43.2 | 19% | 39% |
| Yorkdale-Glen Park | 17,043 | 1.9 km | 40.4 | 19% | 50% |
| Briar Hill-Belgravia | 14,590 | 2.4 km | 41.8 | 16% | 56% |
| Lawrence Park South | 15,018 | 2.4 km | 43.4 | 18% | 24% |
| Clanton Park | 17,673 | 2.7 km | 38.7 | 15% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Englemount-Lawrence’s residents
Is Englemount-Lawrence good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 40% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Englemount-Lawrence are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Englemount-Lawrence?
$80,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Englemount-Lawrence (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Englemount-Lawrence?
21,455, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Englemount-Lawrence alone.
What is the average age in Englemount-Lawrence?
38.6 is the median age, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Englemount-Lawrence bilingual?
English and French: 5.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Englemount-Lawrence?
Immigrants make up 46% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 44% are members of a visible minority, and 0.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Englemount-Lawrence?
Christian: 43%. No religion: 14%. Another religion: 43%.
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).