Census Profile · Ontario
2021 Census of Population, Toronto, City (CY).
By the Numbers
Regional average $86,660 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average 1,002 (marked). This area is above it.
Regional average across the 83 communities in our guides. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
What the data says
Toronto was home to 2,794,356 residents in 2021, up 2.3% from 2016. The median age is 39.6, and the typical household has 2.4 people.
Of the area's 1,160,895 households, 51.9% own their home and 48.1% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $84,000.
Home to more people than any other Canadian city, Toronto pairs a dense, subway connected downtown with Lake Ontario's waterfront and a patchwork of distinct neighbourhoods spread across its old city and inner suburbs.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Toronto, City (CY), British Columbia. Reproduced and distributed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Median income is the median total income of households in 2020. Figures are rounded by Statistics Canada and are provided for general information only.
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