Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Residents with no religion: 52%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; The Beaches has 28%. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 21,602, in 9,420 households. The census found that just over a third of households are one person living alone here. Lower than in 70% of Canadian towns: 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of The Beaches
Many graduates
65% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 17% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
The Beaches is older than 59% of Canadian towns: a median age of 43.6
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among Ontario’s towns, Northern Bruce Peninsula has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 41%. On the census count, 17% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ The Beaches, 43.6. 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.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 68% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For The Beaches, the census puts one-parent families at 7.6%.
Common-law partners make up 12% in The Beaches, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across The Beaches, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 7%, a higher share than 76% of Canadian towns
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
65% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. On renter households, The Beaches sits higher than 70% of Canadian towns: 37%.
Before tax, the median household income is $122,800 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in The Beaches had $122,800 before tax, 43% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A higher share of immigrants than 57% of Canadian towns, at 21%
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (12%), The Beaches is above 61% of Canadian towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (49%) and in Asia (23%). Typically, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
16% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (2.9%). At 1.1%, the share of Indigenous residents is lower than in 79% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 71% of Canadian towns: 16%
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 2.3%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 96% of Canadian towns: 65%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 1.9% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 61% 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.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
The 12th oldest of 41 towns of 21,117 to 22,076 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, at 31.4, to Port Colborne, at 50.4. Next to The Beaches on this scale come East L'Amoreaux (43.6), Middlesex Centre (43.6), Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay (43.8) and Dunbar-Southlands (44.3).
Every nearby town is younger than The Beaches
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beaches | 21,602 | — | 43.6 | 17% | 21% |
| East End-Danforth | 22,055 | 1.4 km | 41 | 14% | 27% |
| Woodbine Corridor | 12,283 | 1.6 km | 40.6 | 12% | 25% |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 14,146 | 2.1 km | 39.7 | 13% | 28% |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 2.5 km | 41.7 | 16% | 32% |
| Taylor-Massey | 15,050 | 2.6 km | 37.2 | 12% | 54% |
| Danforth | 9,364 | 2.9 km | 41.6 | 18% | 28% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about The Beaches’s residents
Is The Beaches good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near The Beaches are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in The Beaches?
Half of The Beaches’s households had more than $122,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of The Beaches?
The Beaches had 21,602 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in The Beaches?
The median age is 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is The Beaches bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 16% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 83% speak only English and 0% only French; 2.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is The Beaches?
Immigrants: 21% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 16%. Indigenous identity: 1.1%.
What religion are people in The Beaches?
52% said they have no religion and 42% that they are Christian; 6.5% named another faith.
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).