Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 2.0Yonge-Eglinton: 40% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 94% of Canadian towns
Half of Yonge-Eglinton’s residents are under 38.6, younger than in 73% of Canadian towns. There were 5,990 households in the neighbourhood at the 2021 Census, home to 12,424 people. Visible minority residents account for 30%. The average household has 2.1 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Yonge-Eglinton
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 71% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 20%. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 63% of households, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 68% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 40% of households, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 14% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 41%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 16% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 69% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Yonge-Eglinton. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Yonge-Eglinton, 38.6. 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.
One-person households make up 41% in Yonge-Eglinton, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.1% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%.
Below 61% of Canadian towns: 43% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% of the total.
Yonge-Eglinton: 63% of households rent their home, above 92% 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
With households in single-detached houses at 23%, Yonge-Eglinton is behind 88% of Canadian towns on that count. By way of comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 47% of homes were built before 1961 and 20% in 2001 or later.
Half above, half below $95,400 a year in household income
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Yonge-Eglinton had $95,400 before tax, 11% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 88% of Canadian towns: 17%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The figure for immigrants is 30% in Yonge-Eglinton and 17% across Canada’s towns. Add to that, 15% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a higher share than in 83% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (43%), then in Europe (29%).
Above 69% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (11%) and Muslim (3.5%). Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
Bilingual residents make up 16% in Yonge-Eglinton, more than in 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
2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns, at 71%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
63% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 63%.
In its size band (12,154 to 12,706), the 12th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Blackfalds (31.8) and Elliot Lake (60.4) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Yonge-Eglinton’s belong to Royal Oak (38.3), Chaparral (38.5), Carignan (38.8) and Tyndall Park (39).
Yonge-Eglinton and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Eglinton | 12,424 | — | 38.6 | 16% | 30% |
| South Eglinton-Davisville | 23,380 | 0.7 km | 37 | 16% | 41% |
| North Toronto | 16,007 | 0.9 km | 35.4 | 11% | 45% |
| Lawrence Park South | 15,018 | 1.2 km | 43.4 | 18% | 24% |
| Mount Pleasant East | 16,373 | 1.4 km | 42.1 | 17% | 28% |
| Yonge-St.Clair | 13,177 | 1.7 km | 45 | 26% | 29% |
| Forest Hill South | 11,059 | 1.7 km | 46.5 | 26% | 28% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
Questions about Yonge-Eglinton’s residents
What is the average age in Yonge-Eglinton?
Half the residents are older than 38.6 and half younger, younger than 73% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Is Yonge-Eglinton 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% grew up with French.
How diverse is Yonge-Eglinton?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 30%. A visible minority makes up 30% and Indigenous residents 0.7%.
What religion are people in Yonge-Eglinton?
Most often Christian (40%) or no religion (41%); other religions make up 18%.
Is Yonge-Eglinton good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 45% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Yonge-Eglinton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yonge-Eglinton?
Median total household income in Yonge-Eglinton was $95,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Yonge-Eglinton?
12,424, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Yonge-Eglinton alone.
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).