Immigrants make up 51% in Maple Leaf, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Visible minority residents make up 48%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Maple Leaf, 18% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Renter households are more common here than in 81% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 10,040 residents in 3,605 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Maple Leaf
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 51% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (39%) and in Europe (37%), and 27% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Older than 58% of Canadian towns: half of Maple Leaf is over 43.3
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Maple Leaf has 12%. In Maple Leaf, a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Maple Leaf, 43.3. 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.
One-parent families: 13%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Maple Leaf hold 2.7 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Lower than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 23% of households are one person living alone. Measured more widely, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 87% of Canadian towns: 5.7%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. Married residents 15 and over: 46% of the total.
Maple Leaf: 25% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 89% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
10% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 73% of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $86,100 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Maple Leaf’s median household took in $86,100 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 37% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Only 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Maple Leaf
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (39%) and in Europe (37%). Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 27% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 4% of residents.
Residents with no religion: 11%, a lower share than 97% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3.5%) and Hindu (3.5%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
60% have a mother tongue other than English or French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 1.5%). Across Maple Leaf, 4.1% of residents speak English and French.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 53% of Canadian towns: 29%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 13%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
51% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 20% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 51% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 9,901 to 10,185 people, the 16th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 25.6 in Stanley to 58.8 in Blind Bay. In age, Maple Leaf keeps company with Acadia (42.4), Wheatland County (42.4), Beckwith (44.4) and Shawnigan (44.4).
Maple Leaf is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Leaf | 10,040 | — | 43.3 | 20% | 51% |
| Downsview | 18,055 | 1.7 km | 39.7 | 15% | 53% |
| Rustic | 9,543 | 1.8 km | 41.4 | 19% | 52% |
| Yorkdale-Glen Park | 17,043 | 1.9 km | 40.4 | 19% | 50% |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | 17,541 | 2.0 km | 38.7 | 14% | 54% |
| Oakdale-Beverley Heights | 21,386 | 2.4 km | 39.9 | 15% | 53% |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 2.5 km | 39.9 | 17% | 52% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Maple Leaf’s residents
What religion are people in Maple Leaf?
Christian: 78%. No religion: 11%. Another religion: 11%.
Is Maple Leaf good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 47% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Maple Leaf are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Maple Leaf?
$86,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Maple Leaf (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Maple Leaf?
The 2021 Census counted 10,040 people in Maple Leaf.
What is the average age in Maple Leaf?
43.3 is the median age, older than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Maple Leaf bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Maple Leaf?
Immigrants make up 51% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 48% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).