Photo: Konstantin Papushin · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 6.9% of residents are under 15 in University
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 56% of residents said they have no religion here. University counted 7,595 residents and 3,240 households at the 2021 Census. In University, 16% of residents are not Canadian citizens. 3.5% of households live in a single-detached house, a lower share than in 96% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of University
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 69% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 20%. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
61% of households rent their home, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 78% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 19% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 32% of households, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 17% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 90% of Canadian towns don’t reach
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in University is 37.4, lower than in four fifths of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Here, 19% of residents are 65 or over. No age band is larger than 25–29: 13% of residents, 2.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ University, 37.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
University: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 92% 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.
Households average 2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Here, 5.5% of households are one-parent families. Shared houses stand out: 14% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 99% of Canadian towns.
University ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 26%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly half of adults, against a typical 27%. For University, the census puts common-law partners at 12%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
University sits above 92% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (32%)
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
Renter households: 61%, above 91% of Canadian towns. Nearly three in five homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later.
Before tax, the median household income is $81,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; University’s, at $81,000, is 6% lower. The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 32% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
19% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (49%) or in Europe (27%). University has more immigrants than just over three quarters of Canadian towns, at 33%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
University ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 38%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents is 0.5%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
University: 15% of residents speak English and French, above 70% of Canadian towns
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, 12% mostly speak another language; 2.8% speak neither English nor French. On residents whose mother tongue is French, University sits higher than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.2%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
69% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
2.4% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 59% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 5th youngest of 41 towns of 7,437 to 7,767 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Ambleside, at 34.4; the oldest, Louiseville, is at 57.6. Gibson (36.6), Altadore (37), Bostwick (38.5) and Teston (39): the towns nearest University in median age.
Around University, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University | 7,595 | — | 37.4 | 19% | 33% |
| Palmerston-Little Italy | 13,171 | 1.0 km | 37 | 16% | 29% |
| Annex | 30,705 | 1.1 km | 40.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Kensington-Chinatown | 18,597 | 1.3 km | 35.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Trinity-Bellwoods | 15,691 | 1.4 km | 38.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Bay-Cloverhill | 17,591 | 1.6 km | 29.6 | 12% | 42% |
| Wellington Place | 25,729 | 1.9 km | 31.1 | 3.3% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about University’s residents
What is the population of University?
University had 7,595 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in University?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 80% of Canadian towns. 6.9% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is University bilingual?
English and French: 15% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 82%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 2.2%.
How diverse is University?
Immigrants: 33% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 38%. Indigenous identity: 0.5%.
What religion are people in University?
56% said they have no religion and 28% that they are Christian; 16% named another faith.
Is University good for families?
6.9% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 33% of households and one-parent families 5.5%. Schools near University are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in University?
Half of University’s households had more than $81,000 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).