Photo: Mikerussell · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of immigrants than 98% of Canadian towns: 59%
In Humbermede, 20% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 16,959 residents and 5,695 households in the neighbourhood. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 24%. With a median age of 37.7, Humbermede is younger than 78% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Humbermede
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 59% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (46%), then in the Americas (31%), and 32% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 81%, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 59%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 38% of households, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 11% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 54% of households, more than in 88% of Canadian towns, and 61% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
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.
The largest age band is 20–24: 7.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 14%. 18% of residents are under 15, more than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Humbermede, 37.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
18% of households are one-parent families, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Humbermede the average household is 3 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: 6.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Humbermede sits below 90% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (5.1%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (42%), Humbermede is below 63% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
38% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 93% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Older homes outnumber new: 22% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. Few places have as many renter households: 54% here, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Households in single-detached houses make up 10%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $77,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Humbermede had $77,500 before tax, 10% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 43% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Humbermede sits below 88% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.3%)
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Nearly a third of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 5.1% of residents. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (46%), then in the Americas (31%).
81% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 12% of residents said they have no religion here. Across Canada’s towns, visible minority residents come to 15%. Locally, 0.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
56% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
At home, 33% mostly speak another language; 6.1% speak neither English nor French. Compared with other places, bilingual residents are scarce here: 3%, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns. Set against 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 0.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Humbermede.
Humbermede ranks below 55% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 25%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 19%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 50% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 14% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 50% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 16,403 to 17,537 people: this is the 9th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Saint-Charles-Borromée is the oldest at 57.2, Summerside the youngest at 33.6. In age, Humbermede keeps company with Brooks (36), Malvern West (37.5), Greektown (37.8) and Scarborough Village (38.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Humbermede, 5 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humbermede | 16,959 | — | 37.7 | 14% | 59% |
| Humber Summit | 12,194 | 1.9 km | 41 | 20% | 56% |
| Thistletown-Beaumond Heights | 9,357 | 2.1 km | 40.9 | 19% | 53% |
| Glenfield-Jane Heights | 30,197 | 2.7 km | 40.5 | 18% | 59% |
| Elms-Old Rexdale | 9,366 | 2.8 km | 38.9 | 15% | 49% |
| Black Creek | 21,307 | 2.9 km | 37.4 | 15% | 59% |
| Pelmo Park-Humberlea | 11,396 | 2.9 km | 40.8 | 16% | 47% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Humbermede’s residents
What is the population of Humbermede?
The 2021 Census counted 16,959 people in Humbermede.
What is the average age in Humbermede?
37.7 is the median age, younger than 78% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Humbermede bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 0.3%.
How diverse is Humbermede?
Immigrants make up 59% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 81% are members of a visible minority, and 0.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Humbermede?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 12%. Another religion: 25%.
Is Humbermede good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 39% of households are couple families and 18% one-parent families. Schools near Humbermede are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Humbermede?
$77,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Humbermede (Canada’s towns: $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).