Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Junction-Wallace Emerson: 27% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 90% of Canadian towns
39% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). Meanwhile, at 13%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 82% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Junction-Wallace Emerson’s population at 23,484, in 10,230 households. In Junction-Wallace Emerson, 38% of residents belong to a visible minority.
What stands out about the people of Junction-Wallace Emerson
A neighbourhood of renters
50% of households rent their home, more than in 85% of Canadian towns; 71% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 37.8: Junction-Wallace Emerson is younger than 78% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Children under 15: 13% here and 16% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Junction-Wallace Emerson, 37.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Junction-Wallace Emerson sits above 74% of Canadian towns for one-person households (34%)
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 8.6%.
In Junction-Wallace Emerson, 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 36% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Junction-Wallace Emerson, 37% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Junction-Wallace Emerson, 7.8% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 50% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%.
The middle household earns $86,100 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $86,100, the middle household in Junction-Wallace Emerson earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 34% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
14% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a share 80% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 recent wave: 18% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. By way of comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
Junction-Wallace Emerson sits above 70% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (42%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (4.3%) and Buddhist (2.3%).
11% of residents speak English and French, a share 63% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 22% mostly speak another language; 6.7% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.6%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 46%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 12% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 60% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 60%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (22,574 to 24,383 people), the 12th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Fort St. John (32.4), at the other Brockville (51.6). Closest in median age to Junction-Wallace Emerson are Waterdown (37.4), Sainte-Lucie (37.7), Humber Bay Shores (38.2) and Bayview Village (39.5).
No nearby town is as young as Junction-Wallace Emerson
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction-Wallace Emerson | 23,484 | — | 37.8 | 13% | 39% |
| Dufferin Grove | 11,276 | 1.1 km | 38.5 | 15% | 36% |
| Dovercourt Village | 12,378 | 1.3 km | 39.1 | 15% | 36% |
| Weston-Pelham Park | 10,680 | 1.5 km | 39.3 | 14% | 43% |
| Corso Italia-Davenport | 13,215 | 1.6 km | 40.4 | 16% | 38% |
| High Park North | 22,162 | 1.8 km | 39.6 | 16% | 33% |
| Roncesvalles | 14,725 | 2.0 km | 39.6 | 13% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
- 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson’s residents
Is Junction-Wallace Emerson bilingual?
11% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 82% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Junction-Wallace Emerson?
39% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 38% belong to a visible minority and 0.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Junction-Wallace Emerson?
45% are Christian and 42% have no religion; 14% follow another religion.
Is Junction-Wallace Emerson good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 42% of households. One-parent families: 8.6%. Schools near Junction-Wallace Emerson are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Junction-Wallace Emerson?
The median household in Junction-Wallace Emerson took in $86,100 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Junction-Wallace Emerson?
23,484, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Junction-Wallace Emerson alone.
What is the average age in Junction-Wallace Emerson?
A median age of 37.8, younger than 78% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 13%.
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).