Photo: hill10003 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 25%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. The 2021 Census put Long Branch’s population at 11,400, in 5,285 households. Here, 36% of households are one person living alone. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Long Branch
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 50% of households, more than in 85% of Canadian towns, and 67% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Long Branch is younger than 65% of Canadian towns: a median age of 39.8
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
30–34 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Fewer children under 15 than in 72% of Canadian towns: 14%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Long Branch, 39.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 79% of Canadian towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Here one in ten households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Long Branch ranks below 66% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 41%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a third of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
50% of households rent their home, a share 85% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
38% of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns.
A median household income of $85,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Long Branch: half had more than $85,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Long Branch: 33% of residents are immigrants, above 76% 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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (44%) or in Asia (33%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are more common here than in 79% of Canadian towns.
Long Branch: 33% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 71% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Hindu (2.8%) and Muslim (2.3%). Fewer Indigenous residents than in 72% of Canadian towns: 1.5%. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. 35% of residents said they have no religion, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Long Branch sits above 60% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (9.8%)
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
At home: English 80%, French 0.4%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.4% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Above 82% of Canadian towns: 48% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 8.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
Youngest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 11,205 to 11,625 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Milton-Parc, youngest at 30.4, to Sechelt, oldest at 57.6. The towns whose median age is nearest to Long Branch’s: Estevan (38.8), Beddington Heights (39.5), Norquay Village (39.9) and Jefferson (40.2).
Long Branch sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Branch | 11,400 | — | 39.8 | 15% | 33% |
| Alderwood | 12,596 | 1.6 km | 43 | 18% | 34% |
| New Toronto | 11,502 | 1.8 km | 40.9 | 17% | 35% |
| Lakeview | 21,789 | 3.1 km | 44.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Mimico-Queensway | 18,207 | 3.8 km | 40.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Dixie | 3,749 | 4.4 km | 45.4 | 22% | 51% |
| Etobicoke City Centre | 23,856 | 4.8 km | 37 | 13% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Long Branch’s residents
Is Long Branch good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 43% of households and one-parent families 9.8%. Schools near Long Branch are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Long Branch?
Median total household income in Long Branch was $85,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Long Branch?
Long Branch had 11,400 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Long Branch?
Half the residents are older than 39.8 and half younger, younger than 65% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Long Branch bilingual?
9.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 88% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.4%.
How diverse is Long Branch?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 33%. A visible minority makes up 33% and Indigenous residents 1.5%.
What religion are people in Long Branch?
Most often Christian (54%) or no religion (35%); other religions make up 11%.
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).