Photo: Ryan Tir from Vaughan, ON, Canada · CC BY 2.0A higher share of immigrants than 94% of Canadian towns, at 54%
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 7.2% in Crossroads. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 4,525, in 1,395 households. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over. At 42%, the share of visible minority residents is higher than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Crossroads
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 54% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (62%) or in Europe (30%), and 19% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 57% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 16%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 86% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). By contrast, with a median age of 40.3, Crossroads is younger than 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Crossroads, 40.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
3.2 people per household, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 10%, Crossroads is ahead of 77% of Canadian towns on that count.
A lower share of common-law partners than 96% of Canadian towns, at 3.4%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 61% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Renter households: 11%, a lower share than 86% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 79% date from 2001 or later, 0.7% from before 1961. The share of households in single-detached houses is 61%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $138,700 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Crossroads had $138,700 before tax, 61% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. In 2020, 38% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7% in Crossroads, less than in 90% 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 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Crossroads has 11%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (62%) or in Europe (30%).
Below 85% of Canadian towns: 21% 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 (34%), Muslim (6.3%), Hindu (4.2%) and Buddhist (3.1%). Typically, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Bilingual residents: 9.3%, a higher share than 59% of Canadian towns
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
Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.6%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 33% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.4% speak neither official language.
57% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
4% have no certificate, diploma or degree (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.
A job for 63% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 63%.
Ranked by age, 17th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Fairfield Park (31.6), at the other Caraquet (54.4). Closest in median age to Crossroads are Montgomery (39.2), Eastmount (40), Gurnett (40.9) and Saint-Anselme (41.2).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Crossroads
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads | 4,525 | — | 40.3 | 11% | 54% |
| Thornhill Woods | 13,237 | 1.2 km | 38.6 | 9.5% | 49% |
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 1.6 km | 42.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Beverley Glen | 38,720 | 2.7 km | 47.9 | 25% | 52% |
| The Valleys of Thornhill | 9,979 | 2.9 km | 36.9 | 8.8% | 50% |
| Carrville Corners | 13,004 | 3.1 km | 38.2 | 11% | 52% |
| Thornhill | 17,940 | 3.9 km | 47.9 | 26% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Crossroads’s residents
What religion are people in Crossroads?
30% are Christian and 21% have no religion; 49% follow another religion.
Is Crossroads good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 68% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Crossroads are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crossroads?
The median household in Crossroads took in $138,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Crossroads?
4,525, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Crossroads alone.
What is the average age in Crossroads?
A median age of 40.3, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 11%.
Is Crossroads bilingual?
English and French: 9.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 87%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Crossroads?
54% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 42% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
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).