Photo: Richard Eriksson from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Children under 15: 10%, a lower share than 95% of Canadian towns
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 6.5%, Trinity-Bellwoods is ahead of 75% of Canadian towns on that count. Immigrants: 36% of the total. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in four fifths of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 15,691 residents in 6,850 households at the 2021 Census.
Younger than 73% of Canadian towns: half of Trinity-Bellwoods is under 38.5
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Trinity-Bellwoods, 8.7%. For Trinity-Bellwoods, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 16%. No age band is larger than 30–34: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Trinity-Bellwoods, 38.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 34% in Trinity-Bellwoods, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people. The share of one-parent families trails 68% of Canadian towns: 7.1%.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents 15 and over live common-law here. Singles who have never married make up two in five adults, beside a typical 27%.
In Trinity-Bellwoods, 5.6% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 68% predate 1961, 11% date from 2001 or later. Trinity-Bellwoods has more renter households than 80% of Canadian towns, at 44%. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $96,300 a year
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
Half of Trinity-Bellwoods’s households had a total income above $96,300, 12% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 33% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 76% of Canadian towns: 13%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (45%) or in Asia (42%). The comparison figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Trinity-Bellwoods: 55% of residents said they have no religion, above 92% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of Indigenous residents (0.3%), Trinity-Bellwoods is below 92% of Canadian towns. Still, at 33%, the share of visible minority residents is higher than in 71% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Jewish (3.3%) and Buddhist (3.1%).
A higher share of bilingual residents than 67% of Canadian towns, at 13%
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 22% mostly speak another language; 10% speak neither English nor French. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.7% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Trinity-Bellwoods: 54% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 89% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 10% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (15,338 to 16,073), the 9th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont (32.1) and the oldest Parksville (62). In age, Trinity-Bellwoods keeps company with Les Golfs (37.9), François-Perrault (38.1), Mercier (39.2) and Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (39.6).
Every neighbour of Trinity-Bellwoods has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity-Bellwoods | 15,691 | — | 38.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Palmerston-Little Italy | 13,171 | 0.8 km | 37 | 16% | 29% |
| West Queen West | 13,599 | 1.0 km | 36.6 | 8.7% | 30% |
| Little Portugal | 15,669 | 1.0 km | 35.7 | 12% | 31% |
| University | 7,595 | 1.4 km | 37.4 | 19% | 33% |
| Dufferin Grove | 11,276 | 1.6 km | 38.5 | 15% | 36% |
| Kensington-Chinatown | 18,597 | 1.8 km | 35.2 | 16% | 42% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Trinity-Bellwoods’s residents
What is the population of Trinity-Bellwoods?
15,691, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Trinity-Bellwoods alone.
What is the average age in Trinity-Bellwoods?
38.5 is the median age, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 10%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Trinity-Bellwoods bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 13% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 77% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Trinity-Bellwoods?
Immigrants make up 36% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 33% are members of a visible minority, and 0.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Trinity-Bellwoods?
Christian: 36%. No religion: 55%. Another religion: 9.7%.
Is Trinity-Bellwoods good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 10%. 38% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Trinity-Bellwoods are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Trinity-Bellwoods?
$96,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Trinity-Bellwoods (Canada’s towns: $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).