Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.054% of residents are immigrants, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Mount Dennis has 19%. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 18% in the neighbourhood. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 90% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 13,364 residents in 5,050 households.
What stands out about the people of Mount Dennis
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 54% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (40%) and in Asia (29%), and 25% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 72%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 54%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 47% of households, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and 24% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
53% of households rent their home, more than in 87% of Canadian towns; 71% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
15% of residents are 65 or over, below 72% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.9% of residents. Half of Mount Dennis’s residents are under 39.5, younger than in 67% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Mount Dennis comes in at 12%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mount Dennis, 39.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
Mount Dennis households average 2.6 people, larger than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households account for 28%.
Only 8% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Mount Dennis
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
36% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 95% of Canadian towns: 47%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
The share of renter households tops 87% of Canadian towns: 53%. Older homes outnumber new: 30% predate 1961, 9.5% date from 2001 or later.
The midpoint household income is $71,400 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Mount Dennis had $71,400 before tax, 17% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 42% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 85% of Canadian towns: 7.7%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (40%) and in Asia (29%). To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are a quarter of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 4% of residents.
72% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 0.8% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. The share of residents with no religion stands at 20%.
52% have English as their mother tongue; 4.4% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Mount Dennis, 4.4%. At 0.7%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is lower than in 86% of Canadian towns. 26% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 4.6% speak neither official language.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 22% in Mount Dennis, less than in 63% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 19% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
50% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Youngest by rank: 18th of 41 towns of 13,131 to 13,615 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 32 in Redstone to 62 in Sidney. Ionview (39.3), Rossmere-A (39.3), Cloverdale (39.6) and Bonnyville No. 87 (40): the towns nearest Mount Dennis in median age.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Mount Dennis
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dennis | 13,364 | — | 39.5 | 15% | 54% |
| Rockcliffe-Smythe | 22,242 | 1.3 km | 42 | 18% | 48% |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | 17,541 | 1.5 km | 38.7 | 14% | 54% |
| Humber Heights-Westmount | 10,427 | 2.1 km | 48.8 | 27% | 48% |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 2.1 km | 39.9 | 17% | 52% |
| Weston | 18,896 | 2.3 km | 39.1 | 15% | 48% |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West | 11,407 | 2.3 km | 41 | 17% | 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. 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.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Mount Dennis’s residents
What is the average age in Mount Dennis?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 67% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 15% 65 or older.
Is Mount Dennis bilingual?
4.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Mount Dennis?
Immigrants: 54% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 72%. Indigenous identity: 0.8%.
What religion are people in Mount Dennis?
20% said they have no religion and 64% that they are Christian; 16% named another faith.
Is Mount Dennis good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 37% of households and one-parent families 19%. Schools near Mount Dennis are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mount Dennis?
Half of Mount Dennis’s households had more than $71,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Mount Dennis?
Mount Dennis had 13,364 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).