Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Lansing-Westgate sits above 95% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (50%)
The share of visible minority residents tops 83% of Canadian towns: 48%. At the 2021 Census, 15,980 people lived in Lansing-Westgate, in 6,560 households. In Lansing-Westgate, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 16% here, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lansing-Westgate
More immigrants than most towns
45% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (64%) or in Europe (21%); 36% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
50% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 39% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Many graduates
66% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 19% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 66% of Canadian towns: half of Lansing-Westgate is under 39.6
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of children under 15 (15%), Lansing-Westgate is below two thirds of Canadian towns. No age band is larger than 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lansing-Westgate, 39.6. 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.
One-person households: 29%, a higher share than 59% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, 7.7% of households are one-parent families. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4.
Fewer common-law partners than 85% of Canadian towns: 6.2%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a third of adults, against a typical 27%. Typically, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of renter households than 79% of Canadian towns: 44%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 36% date from 2001 or later, 25% from before 1961. 37% of households live in a single-detached house, a lower share than in 80% of Canadian towns.
A median household income of $102,600 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Lansing-Westgate’s households had a total income above $102,600, 19% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 30% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Lansing-Westgate, 45% of residents are immigrants, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 21%, Lansing-Westgate is ahead of 93% of Canadian towns on that count. For comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
29% of residents said they have no religion, below 67% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Jewish (20%), Muslim (6.2%) and Hindu (3.6%).
Beyond English and French: 50% grew up with another language
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.9%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. At home: English 66%, French 0.3%.
Lansing-Westgate: 66% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 97% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 60% 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 work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
17th lowest median age among 41 towns of 15,610 to 16,400
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont (32.1) and Vieux-Moulin (54.3) lies the rest of the group. Next to Lansing-Westgate on this scale come Mercier (39.2), Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (39.6), Old Hunt Club (39.8) and Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides (40.1).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Lansing-Westgate
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing-Westgate | 15,980 | — | 39.6 | 16% | 45% |
| Avondale | 13,803 | 1.3 km | 35.3 | 10% | 58% |
| Yonge-Doris | 20,298 | 1.8 km | 38.2 | 17% | 64% |
| Willowdale West | 17,210 | 2.1 km | 40.5 | 21% | 56% |
| East Willowdale | 15,514 | 2.4 km | 41 | 18% | 60% |
| Clanton Park | 17,673 | 2.4 km | 38.7 | 15% | 46% |
| St.Andrew-Windfields | 17,005 | 2.6 km | 45.3 | 21% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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 reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Lansing-Westgate’s residents
What is the average age in Lansing-Westgate?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 66% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Lansing-Westgate bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lansing-Westgate?
Immigrants: 45% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 48%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Lansing-Westgate?
29% said they have no religion and 39% that they are Christian; 32% named another faith.
Is Lansing-Westgate good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Lansing-Westgate are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lansing-Westgate?
Half of Lansing-Westgate’s households had more than $102,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lansing-Westgate?
Lansing-Westgate had 15,980 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).