Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0In Yonge-St.Clair, 63% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
One in ten residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 17% in Yonge-St.Clair. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 12%, more than in 74% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 13,177 people lived here, in 7,220 households.
What stands out about the people of Yonge-St.Clair
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 63% of households, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 29% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 70% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 22%. Qualifications ↓
Many people living alone
49% of households are one person living alone, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
60% of households rent their home, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 83% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of Canadian towns: 6.7%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Yonge-St.Clair is 45, higher than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 26% in the neighbourhood.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Yonge-St.Clair, 45. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Yonge-St.Clair: 49% of households are one person living alone, above 96% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 1.8 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 5.6% of households are one-parent families.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 70% of Canadian towns, at 39%
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 a third of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Yonge-St.Clair, 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 60% of households rent their home
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
7.3% of households live in a single-detached house, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 45% predate 1961, 15% date from 2001 or later. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
Half above, half below $96,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Yonge-St.Clair’s median household took in $96,000 before tax, 12% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. 23% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Yonge-St.Clair sits above 71% of Canadian towns for immigrants (29%)
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
Of the immigrants living here, 31% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (39%) or in Europe (32%). On average, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 39% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Jewish (12%), Muslim (3.4%) and Hindu (2.1%). The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%. Compared with other places, visible minority residents are common here: 25%, more than in 61% of Canadian towns. At the same time, 0.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents speak English and French
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
Yonge-St.Clair sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 87%, French 0.9%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
70% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 2.1% (typical 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
62% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
10th highest median age among 41 towns of 12,962 to 13,429
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 32 (Lloydminster (Part)) to 56.8 (Forest) across the group. By median age, Yonge-St.Clair sits among West Point Grey (43.9), Kincardine (44.4), Dakota Crossing (45.8) and Quantztown (47.1).
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Yonge-St.Clair
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-St.Clair | 13,177 | — | 45 | 26% | 29% |
| Casa Loma | 11,369 | 0.9 km | 46.5 | 27% | 28% |
| Forest Hill South | 11,059 | 1.4 km | 46.5 | 26% | 28% |
| South Eglinton-Davisville | 23,380 | 1.5 km | 37 | 16% | 41% |
| Yonge-Eglinton | 12,424 | 1.7 km | 38.6 | 16% | 30% |
| Rosedale-Moore Park | 20,268 | 1.7 km | 49.7 | 28% | 28% |
| Annex | 30,705 | 2.1 km | 40.7 | 22% | 31% |
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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Yonge-St.Clair’s residents
What is the population of Yonge-St.Clair?
The 2021 Census counted 13,177 people in Yonge-St.Clair.
What is the average age in Yonge-St.Clair?
A median age of 45, older than 68% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 10%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Yonge-St.Clair bilingual?
English and French: 16% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 83%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.9%.
How diverse is Yonge-St.Clair?
29% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 25% belong to a visible minority and 0.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Yonge-St.Clair?
41% are Christian and 39% have no religion; 20% follow another religion.
Is Yonge-St.Clair good for families?
Under 15: 10% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 39% of households. One-parent families: 5.6%. Schools near Yonge-St.Clair are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yonge-St.Clair?
The median household in Yonge-St.Clair took in $96,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).