Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Leaside-Bennington: 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 85% of Canadian towns
By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (7.8%), Leaside-Bennington is above 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 16,710, in 6,430 households. In Leaside-Bennington, 21% of residents belong to a visible minority. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Leaside-Bennington
Many graduates
72% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 20% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Leaside-Bennington is over 44.6, older than 65% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are 65 or over here. 50–54 is the most common age band: 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Leaside-Bennington, 44.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.8% of households are one-parent families. One-person households make up 27%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 88% of Canadian towns: 5.6%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 54% in Leaside-Bennington. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Below 61% of Canadian towns: 55% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Two thirds of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. Households in single-detached houses: 64% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in Leaside-Bennington comes in at 28%.
A median household income of $160,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $160,000, the middle household in Leaside-Bennington out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 86%. Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 23% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Leaside-Bennington sits above 59% of Canadian towns for immigrants (22%)
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (39%), then in Europe (38%). Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. A fifth of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 0.8% of residents.
36% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 54% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 0.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. Other faiths: Jewish (2.3%). Set beside that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
15% of residents speak English and French, a share 70% 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: English 91%, French 0.5%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 72%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 58% 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.
At 58%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 10th of 41 towns of 16,247 to 17,210 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 33.6 (Summerside) up to 57.2 (Saint-Charles-Borromée). Nearest to Leaside-Bennington in age: Leduc County (42.8), Sunnyside (43.4), Stayner (44.8) and St.Andrew-Windfields (45.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Leaside-Bennington are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaside-Bennington | 16,710 | — | 44.6 | 17% | 22% |
| Mount Pleasant East | 16,373 | 1.6 km | 42.1 | 17% | 28% |
| Thorncliffe Park | 20,637 | 1.7 km | 34.3 | 12% | 63% |
| Broadview North | 11,080 | 2.3 km | 42.7 | 17% | 42% |
| South Eglinton-Davisville | 23,380 | 2.3 km | 37 | 16% | 41% |
| North Toronto | 16,007 | 2.4 km | 35.4 | 11% | 45% |
| Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills | 9,909 | 2.5 km | 50.9 | 28% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Leaside-Bennington’s residents
What is the average age in Leaside-Bennington?
44.6 is the median age, older than 65% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Leaside-Bennington bilingual?
15% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.5%.
How diverse is Leaside-Bennington?
Immigrants make up 22% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 21% are members of a visible minority, and 0.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Leaside-Bennington?
Christian: 56%. No religion: 36%. Another religion: 7.4%.
Is Leaside-Bennington good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 60% of households are couple families and 7.8% one-parent families. Schools near Leaside-Bennington are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Leaside-Bennington?
$160,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Leaside-Bennington (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Leaside-Bennington?
Leaside-Bennington had 16,710 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).