Photo: Lord of the Wings© from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Visible minority residents make up 67% in West Rouge, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, West Rouge has 6.4%. Census day 2021: 20,915 residents and 7,030 households in the neighbourhood. 18% of households are one person living alone. The neighbourhood has more households in buildings of five or more storeys than 84% of Canadian towns, at 16%.
What stands out about the people of West Rouge
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. Most immigrants were born in Asia (55%) or in the Americas (29%), and 14% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
67% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 46% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
22% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% 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).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above 66% of Canadian towns. The largest age band is 60–64: 7.7% of residents. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ West Rouge, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 88% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people on average
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.
The figure for one-parent families is 12% in West Rouge and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 4.3% in West Rouge, less than in 93% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). More married residents 15 and over than in 64% of Canadian towns: 51%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Only 54% of households live in a single-detached house in West Rouge
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
11% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.5% built before 1961. Lower than in 61% of Canadian towns: 20% of households rent their home. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house.
$113,800 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in West Rouge: half had more than $113,800, 32% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 30% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
46% of residents are immigrants, more than in 89% 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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (55%) or in the Americas (29%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are more common here than in 64% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 17% across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 14% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 83% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents trails 92% of Canadian towns: 0.3%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. Other faiths: Hindu (11%) and Muslim (11%).
English is the mother tongue of 64%, and 6.1% 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
At home: English 77%, French 0.2%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 86% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; West Rouge has 6.1%.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 73% of Canadian towns, at 41%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
52% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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; 22% are 65 or more.
41 towns of 20,337 to 21,490 people: this is the 11th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Saddle Ridge, at 32.4, to Bridgenorth, at 52. Woodlawn (43.7), Dunbar-Southlands (44.3), Dorval (45.2) and Thornlea (47.8): the towns nearest West Rouge in median age.
West Rouge is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Rouge | 20,915 | — | 44.4 | 22% | 46% |
| Centennial Scarborough | 13,453 | 1.7 km | 44.8 | 21% | 37% |
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 2.2 km | 44.5 | 23% | 58% |
| West Hill | 28,414 | 4.3 km | 39.9 | 16% | 50% |
| Morningside | 17,708 | 4.9 km | 38.4 | 16% | 56% |
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 5.2 km | 38.6 | 15% | 61% |
| Malvern East | 26,113 | 5.3 km | 39.5 | 17% | 61% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
Questions about West Rouge’s residents
How diverse is West Rouge?
Immigrants: 46% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 67%. Indigenous identity: 0.3%.
What religion are people in West Rouge?
22% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 25% named another faith.
Is West Rouge good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near West Rouge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in West Rouge?
Half of West Rouge’s households had more than $113,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of West Rouge?
20,915, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for West Rouge alone.
What is the average age in West Rouge?
The median age is 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is West Rouge bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
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).