Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0In Morningside Heights, 61% of residents are immigrants, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Households in Morningside Heights hold 3.8 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 97% of Canadian towns: 5.7%. Census day 2021: 24,972 residents and 6,540 households locally. The share of residents with no religion stands at 7.7%.
What stands out about the people of Morningside Heights
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 61% 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 (77%) and in the Americas (18%), and 14% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 96%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 61%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 90% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 25–29, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 38.6, Morningside Heights is younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Morningside Heights, 38.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
In Morningside Heights, 7.6% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
9.7% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). For comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns: 2.2%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over tops nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 53%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Morningside Heights sits below 73% of Canadian towns for renter households (16%)
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Morningside Heights has 60%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Newer homes outnumber old: 65% date from 2001 or later, 1.1% from before 1961.
The midpoint household income is $120,500 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
Half of Morningside Heights’s households had a total income above $120,500, 40% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 42% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Morningside Heights, 12% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
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 75%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (77%) and in the Americas (18%). To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 14% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Morningside Heights ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 96%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (45%) and Muslim (12%). The wider picture: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. 0.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns.
59% 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
36% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 5.2% speak neither official language. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 4.5% of residents speak English and French. Add to that, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French trails 97% of Canadian towns: 0.3%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 30% in Morningside Heights, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 15% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 54% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% are 65 or more.
Youngest by rank: 13th of 41 towns of 23,856 to 26,171 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 31.1 (Wellington Place) up to 58 (White Rock). By median age, Morningside Heights sits among Paradise (38), Box Grove (38.1), Grande Prairie County No. 1 (38.8) and Cartierville (39.4).
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Morningside Heights
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | — | 38.6 | 15% | 61% |
| Malvern East | 26,113 | 1.9 km | 39.5 | 17% | 61% |
| Malvern West | 17,354 | 2.6 km | 37.5 | 15% | 61% |
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 4.2 km | 44.5 | 23% | 58% |
| Morningside | 17,708 | 4.4 km | 38.4 | 16% | 56% |
| Box Grove | 25,496 | 4.6 km | 38.1 | 13% | 57% |
| Vinegar Hill | 19,543 | 5.0 km | 40 | 16% | 59% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Morningside Heights’s residents
What is the population of Morningside Heights?
The 2021 Census counted 24,972 people in Morningside Heights.
What is the average age in Morningside Heights?
A median age of 38.6, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Morningside Heights bilingual?
4.5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.3%.
How diverse is Morningside Heights?
61% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 96% belong to a visible minority and 0.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Morningside Heights?
32% are Christian and 7.7% have no religion; 61% follow another religion.
Is Morningside Heights good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 9.7%. Schools near Morningside Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Morningside Heights?
The median household in Morningside Heights took in $120,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).