Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domainHouseholds in buildings of five or more storeys: 79%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Regent Park has 14%. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 9.8% here, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 12,797 residents in 6,105 households. For Regent Park, the census puts one-parent families at 12%.
What stands out about the people of Regent Park
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 71%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 46%. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 46% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (62%), then in Africa (16%), and 25% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
71% of households rent their home, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 89% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 79% of households, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 45% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Regent Park is younger than 90% of Canadian towns: a median age of 35.1
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
30–34 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 14% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Regent Park, 35.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Regent Park: 45% of households are one person living alone, above 93% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.1% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 87% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%. Households average 2.1 people.
Regent Park sits below 86% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (31%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
45% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Regent Park.
Regent Park ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on renter households: 71%
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
Households in single-detached houses: 0.2%, below 98% of Canadian towns. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. 64% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 12% built before 1961.
$65,200 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Regent Park had $65,200 before tax, 24% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 39% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of immigrants than 90% of Canadian towns, at 46%
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 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
16% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). As a yardstick, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Locally, 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A larger share of visible minority residents than 94% of Canadian towns: 71%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 1.7%, below just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Visible minority residents: 15% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. 31% of residents said they have no religion.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 59% of Canadian towns, at 9.2%
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
25% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 5.1% speak neither official language. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. More residents whose mother tongue is French than in 62% of Canadian towns: 2.1%.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 46% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 11% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
51% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 9.8% are 65 or more.
Youngest by rank: 8th of 41 towns of 12,522 to 13,090 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
North Saanich is the oldest at 56.8, Thompson the youngest at 31. New Brighton (34.2), New Springbrook (34.7), Deerfield (35.2) and Windsor Park (35.4): the towns nearest Regent Park in median age.
Regent Park is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent Park | 12,797 | — | 35.1 | 9.8% | 46% |
| Moss Park | 22,701 | 0.7 km | 36.1 | 11% | 38% |
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town | 11,205 | 0.9 km | 45.5 | 19% | 35% |
| Downtown Yonge East | 18,251 | 1.3 km | 33.4 | 11% | 40% |
| North St.James Town | 18,733 | 1.6 km | 36.7 | 11% | 53% |
| St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 31,360 | 1.6 km | 35.1 | 13% | 42% |
| North Riverdale | 11,491 | 1.6 km | 43.5 | 17% | 24% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond 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. 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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
Questions about Regent Park’s residents
What is the population of Regent Park?
12,797, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Regent Park alone.
What is the average age in Regent Park?
The median age is 35.1, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 9.8% 65 or older.
Is Regent Park bilingual?
9.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.2% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.1%.
How diverse is Regent Park?
Immigrants: 46% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 71%. Indigenous identity: 1.7%.
What religion are people in Regent Park?
31% said they have no religion and 33% that they are Christian; 36% named another faith.
Is Regent Park good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 32% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Regent Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Regent Park?
Half of Regent Park’s households had more than $65,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).