Immigrants: 47%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, 49% of households rent their home in Rexdale-Kipling. The neighbourhood counted 10,378 residents and 3,945 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who moved in within the year: 6.6% of the total. Few places have as many one-parent families: 13% here, more than in 94% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Rexdale-Kipling
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 47% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (39%) and in the Americas (30%), and 23% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
58% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 47% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, a higher share than 68% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. 18% of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 41.6, Rexdale-Kipling is younger than 53% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rexdale-Kipling, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Rexdale-Kipling households average 2.6 people, larger than in 71% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%.
Below 87% of Canadian towns: 5.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 35% of adults, against a typical 27%. To put it in context, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Above 84% of Canadian towns: 16% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
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
45% of households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. Older homes outnumber new: 54% predate 1961, 2.8% date from 2001 or later.
$79,100 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Rexdale-Kipling’s median household took in $79,100 before tax, 8% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 36% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 15%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 23% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 4.2% of residents. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (39%) and in the Americas (30%).
A larger share of visible minority residents than 89% of Canadian towns: 58%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (12%) and Hindu (5.5%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 15% here, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents: 1.1% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 54%, and 5% speak French as well
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
There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 69%, French 0.3%. Lower than in 74% of Canadian towns: 5% of residents speak English and French.
Rexdale-Kipling ranks below 51% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 26%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 15% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
52% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
52% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 10,150 to 10,614 people, the 17th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans McConachie, youngest at 30.9, to Leeds and the Thousand Islands, oldest at 52. In age, Rexdale-Kipling keeps company with Du Parc (41.2), Seaforth (41.6), Wheatland County (42.4) and Dover (43.2).
No nearby town is as old as Rexdale-Kipling
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexdale-Kipling | 10,378 | — | 41.6 | 18% | 47% |
| Elms-Old Rexdale | 9,366 | 1.1 km | 38.9 | 15% | 49% |
| Thistletown-Beaumond Heights | 9,357 | 1.9 km | 40.9 | 19% | 53% |
| Pelmo Park-Humberlea | 11,396 | 2.8 km | 40.8 | 16% | 47% |
| West Humber-Clairville | 33,690 | 3.0 km | 38.1 | 17% | 57% |
| Kingsview Village-The Westway | 22,026 | 3.1 km | 38.9 | 17% | 51% |
| Humbermede | 16,959 | 3.1 km | 37.7 | 14% | 59% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Rexdale-Kipling’s residents
What religion are people in Rexdale-Kipling?
Christian: 62%. No religion: 15%. Another religion: 23%.
Is Rexdale-Kipling good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 40% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Rexdale-Kipling are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rexdale-Kipling?
$79,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Rexdale-Kipling (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Rexdale-Kipling?
10,378, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Rexdale-Kipling alone.
What is the average age in Rexdale-Kipling?
41.6 is the median age, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Rexdale-Kipling bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Rexdale-Kipling?
Immigrants make up 47% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 58% are members of a visible minority, and 1.1% 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).