Photo: Danielle Scott · CC BY-SA 2.0Renter households: 56%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten households are one-parent families here. In New Toronto, just over a third of residents are immigrants. 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a higher share than in 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 11,502 residents in 5,280 households.
What stands out about the people of New Toronto
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 56% of households, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 61% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of children under 15 than 69% of Canadian towns: 14%
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.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 17% in New Toronto. With a median age of 40.9, New Toronto is younger than 57% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ New Toronto, 40.9. 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 87% of Canadian towns, at 39%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The average household has 2.2 people.
New Toronto sits below 77% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (35%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 36% of adults, against a typical 27%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For New Toronto, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 87% of Canadian towns: 22%
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
44% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. On households in single-detached houses, New Toronto sits lower than 84% of Canadian towns: 30%.
Half above, half below $69,100 a year in household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. 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; New Toronto’s, at $69,100, is 20% lower. The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 33% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 57% of Canadian towns, at 12%
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
More visible minority residents than 78% of Canadian towns: 40%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.4%), Hindu (2.4%) and Buddhist (2%). Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.1% here, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns. 35% of residents said they have no religion, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents make up 9% in New Toronto, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
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, 16% mostly speak another language; 2.4% speak neither English nor French. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 72% of Canadian towns, at 40%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in New Toronto, 40%, and 23% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 8.7%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 56% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 56% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Milton-Parc (30.4) and the oldest Sechelt (57.6). Nearest to New Toronto in age: Williams Lake (40.8), Pelmo Park-Humberlea (40.8), Keelesdale-Eglinton West (41) and Chapel Hill North (43.2).
Around New Toronto, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Toronto | 11,502 | — | 40.9 | 17% | 35% |
| Long Branch | 11,400 | 1.8 km | 39.8 | 15% | 33% |
| Mimico-Queensway | 18,207 | 2.2 km | 40.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Alderwood | 12,596 | 2.8 km | 43 | 18% | 34% |
| Humber Bay Shores | 22,633 | 3.4 km | 38.2 | 16% | 47% |
| Stonegate-Queensway | 25,745 | 4.1 km | 43.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Etobicoke City Centre | 23,856 | 4.7 km | 37 | 13% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past 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.
- 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.
Questions about New Toronto’s residents
What is the median income in New Toronto?
$69,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in New Toronto (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of New Toronto?
New Toronto had 11,502 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in New Toronto?
40.9 is the median age, younger than 57% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is New Toronto bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is New Toronto?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 40% are members of a visible minority, and 1.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in New Toronto?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 14%.
Is New Toronto good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 37% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near New Toronto 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).