Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.074% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
By its share of visible minority residents (51%), Moss Park is above 86% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 22,701, in 13,280 households. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 18% in the neighbourhood. At 7.4%, the share of children under 15 is lower than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Moss Park
Many people living alone
58% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 11% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
74% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 57% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 65% of households, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 93% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 27% of residents lived elsewhere, 2.4 times the typical share; over five years, 55% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 86% of Canadian towns: half of Moss Park is under 36.1
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (11%), Moss Park is below 91% of Canadian towns. No age band is larger than 30–34: 15% of residents, 2.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Moss Park, 36.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women.
In Moss Park, 58% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
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.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 5.6% of households are one-parent families here. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 1.6 people. Shared houses stand out: 8.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 93% of Canadian towns.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are married in Moss Park
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Moss Park has 15%. 50% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
Renter households: 65%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
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
52% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961. Lower than in 98% of Canadian towns: 0.5% of households live in a single-detached house. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%.
The midpoint household income is $66,100 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Moss Park’s, at $66,100, is 23% lower. Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 34% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 98% of Canadian towns: 27% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (47%) or in Europe (19%). Immigrants are more common here than in 82% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 30% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 47%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (9.8%), Hindu (3.9%) and Buddhist (2.1%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns.
Bilingual residents make up 13% in Moss Park, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
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, 15% mostly speak another language; 2.1% speak neither English nor French. Moss Park has more residents whose mother tongue is French than 67% of Canadian towns, at 2.8%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Above 93% of Canadian towns: 60% 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
At the bottom of the ladder, 6.7% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 62% 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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 62%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (22,031 to 23,392 people), the 8th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (31.4) and the oldest Cobourg (54.8). The towns whose median age is nearest to Moss Park’s: Brentwood (35.6), Flemingdon Park (36.1), South Eglinton-Davisville (37) and Rivière-Blanche (37.1).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Moss Park
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Park | 22,701 | — | 36.1 | 11% | 38% |
| Downtown Yonge East | 18,251 | 0.7 km | 33.4 | 11% | 40% |
| Regent Park | 12,797 | 0.7 km | 35.1 | 9.8% | 46% |
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town | 11,205 | 1.0 km | 45.5 | 19% | 35% |
| St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 31,360 | 1.0 km | 35.1 | 13% | 42% |
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 12,888 | 1.3 km | 31.2 | 7.1% | 45% |
| North St.James Town | 18,733 | 1.7 km | 36.7 | 11% | 53% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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 Moss Park’s residents
What is the median income in Moss Park?
Median total household income in Moss Park was $66,100 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Moss Park?
22,701, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Moss Park alone.
What is the average age in Moss Park?
Half the residents are older than 36.1 and half younger, younger than 86% of Canadian towns; 7.4% are children under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.
Is Moss Park bilingual?
13% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 85% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.8%.
How diverse is Moss Park?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 38%. A visible minority makes up 51% and Indigenous residents 1.6%.
What religion are people in Moss Park?
Most often Christian (34%) or no religion (47%); other religions make up 20%.
Is Moss Park good for families?
Children under 15 are 7.4% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 27% of households and one-parent families 5.6%. Schools near Moss Park are on its Schools page.
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).