Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.053% of residents are immigrants, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Oakridge comes in at 14%. At the 2021 Census, 13,913 people lived locally, in 5,315 households. Households in single-detached houses account for 20%. More residents without Canadian citizenship than in 90% of Canadian towns: 19%.
What stands out about the people of Oakridge
More immigrants than most towns
53% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (67%) and in Africa (15%); 33% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 77%, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 53%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 69% of households, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and 73% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
59% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 7.3% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 77% of Canadian towns: half of Oakridge is under 38
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.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 13%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 14% of residents are 65 or over in Oakridge.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Oakridge, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Oakridge, 33% of households are one person living alone, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Only 5.3% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Oakridge
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 37% of adults (typical: 27%). 42% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 64% of Canadian towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Oakridge: 59% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 97% 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
9.9% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Compared with other places, renter households are common here: 69%, more than in 95% of Canadian towns.
Half above, half below $60,400 a year in household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $60,400, the middle household in Oakridge earned 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 43% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 72% of Canadian towns: 9%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
33% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (67%) and in Africa (15%).
Oakridge: 77% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 96% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 20% in Oakridge and 35% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (36%) and Hindu (5.6%). 1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a lower share than in 77% of Canadian towns.
55% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
30% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.8% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 63% of Canadian towns. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
In Oakridge, 37% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 14% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 43% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
43% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 14% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 13,599 to 14,211 people, the 17th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Sandy Hill (29.7), at the other Tiny (55.2). Nearest to Oakridge in age: Glen Cairn (37.5), Terrace (38), Rossmere-A (39.3) and Humewood-Cedarvale (39.4).
Oakridge sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge | 13,913 | — | 38 | 14% | 53% |
| Taylor-Massey | 15,050 | 1.2 km | 37.2 | 12% | 54% |
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 23,115 | 1.2 km | 44.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 1.8 km | 40 | 15% | 51% |
| O'Connor-Parkview | 18,746 | 2.0 km | 42.6 | 18% | 39% |
| East End-Danforth | 22,055 | 2.1 km | 41 | 14% | 27% |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 2.4 km | 41.7 | 16% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Oakridge’s residents
What religion are people in Oakridge?
Christian: 36%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 44%.
Is Oakridge good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 39% of households are couple families and 14% one-parent families. Schools near Oakridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Oakridge?
$60,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Oakridge (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Oakridge?
13,913, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Oakridge alone.
What is the average age in Oakridge?
38 is the median age, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Oakridge bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Oakridge?
Immigrants make up 53% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 77% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% 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).