Photo: Gary J. Wood from Toronto, ON, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Edgeley is under 31.2
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 30%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put Edgeley’s population at 7,016, in 3,455 households. The census found that 58% of households rent their home in the neighbourhood. Fewer residents with no religion than in 68% of Canadian towns: 29%.
What stands out about the people of Edgeley
Younger than most towns
Half of Edgeley’s residents are under 31.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 12% are under 15 and 5.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
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 (65%) or in Europe (15%), and 38% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 76% of households, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 87% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 66%, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 46%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 98% of Canadian towns: 5.8% of residents are 65 or over
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Just over one in ten residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Edgeley, 31.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
In Edgeley, 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
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.
Shared houses stand out: just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 7.4% in Edgeley. Households average 2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 66% of Canadian towns: 41%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly two in five adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Edgeley.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 98% of Canadian towns: 76%
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
Here just over one in ten households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 92% date from 2001 or later, 1.7% from before 1961.
The midpoint household income is $73,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Edgeley: half had less than $73,500, 15% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 41% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants make up 46% in Edgeley, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Residents who moved in within the year: 56% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (65%) or in Europe (15%).
Edgeley: 66% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 92% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (9.8%), Hindu (8.5%), Buddhist (3%), Jewish (2.8%) and Sikh (2.5%). The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%. Edgeley has fewer Indigenous residents than 91% of Canadian towns, at 0.4%.
58% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
30% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.4% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Edgeley sits above 88% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (53%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.7% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
67% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
67% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Ranked by age, 1st youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Edgeley, at 31.2; the oldest, Fairwinds, is at 61.6. Next to Edgeley on this scale come Tamarack (31.6) and Shannon (32.4).
Every nearby town is older than Edgeley
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgeley | 7,016 | — | 31.2 | 5.8% | 46% |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 3.1 km | 43.3 | 21% | 49% |
| Concord | 7,225 | 3.3 km | 47.7 | 25% | 60% |
| Black Creek | 21,307 | 4.4 km | 37.4 | 15% | 59% |
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 4.5 km | 42.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Vellore | 39,490 | 4.6 km | 40.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Crossroads | 4,525 | 4.7 km | 40.3 | 11% | 54% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Edgeley’s residents
What religion are people in Edgeley?
29% said they have no religion and 44% that they are Christian; 27% named another faith.
Is Edgeley good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 40% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Edgeley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Edgeley?
Half of Edgeley’s households had more than $73,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Edgeley?
7,016, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Edgeley alone.
What is the average age in Edgeley?
The median age is 31.2, younger than 99% of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 5.8% 65 or older.
Is Edgeley bilingual?
English and French: 5.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Edgeley?
Immigrants: 46% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 66%. Indigenous identity: 0.4%.
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).