In 2011 the National Household Survey (NHS) was introduced as a replacement to the mandatory long-form Census. This change in methodology may affect the comparability of this data to data from previous long-form Censuses.
Since the NHS was self-administered and voluntary, data gaps amongst certain communities have led to skewed outcomes which may lead to an over or under representation of these communities, and in some cases leading to data suppression. Caution must be used when interpreting the data. Additionally, Caledon SDA data has been aggregated from multiple smaller geographies for this tool and as a result, certain variables cannot be reliably displayed.
In tables and graphs that show a "-1" or "NA" value please note that data has been suppressed or may not contain information.
About the Region of Peel's Service Delivery AreasService Delivery Areas (SDAs) were originally conceptualized by the Peel Data Centre in collaboration with Success by Six in 2009. Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) are geographies intended to support service planning and delivery, by providing service providers with data that is relevant to the local geographies they serve. SDAs are comprised of census dissemination areas (the smallest standard geography for census data) and have varying population thresholds for each municipality.
These boundaries were updated in 2012 to incorporate the population changes collected through the 2011 Census. This revision now includes 77 SDA's (originally 71) and will provide users with more detail at a smaller geographic level.
Due to changes in the boundaries over the years, certain SDA names have been retired. This explains why the numbering is not consecutive.
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Multiple geographies can be displayed at once and corresponding data will automatically refresh below. Data is organized into categories that can be browsed using the tabs above the data. If you wish to delete the geographies, simply scroll to the blue geography tab beside the dropdown menu and click the "X".
Please note that in certain sections throughout the tool SDAs C0NE, C0SE, and C0W may not contain information. In cases where there is no data, values will appear as a "-1" or "NA". Please refer to the Overview for more information.
...that Peel has the second highest municipal population in Ontario?
The average age of Peel's residents is the lowest in the Greater Toronto Area! Our median age is 36.9 years.
A married or common law couple (same sex included) and their children, if any, of either or both partners.
Lone parents living with at least one child and children living with grandparents, with no parents present, are also census families.
Children may be by birth, marriage, or adoption as long as they live in the same dwelling and do not have a spouse or child living in that dwelling.
Refers to persons who, during the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2011, were either employed or unemployed.
Individuals that are not in the labour force are people that are 15 years old or over and are neither employed nor actively looking for work.
Low-income measure after tax (LIM-AT) is a fixed percentage (50%) of median adjusted after-tax income of households observed at the person level, where 'adjusted' indicates that a household's needs are taken into account. Adjustment for household sizes reflects the fact that a household's needs increase as the number of members increase, although not necessarily by the same proportion per additional member.
Data contained in this section were collected by the voluntary 2011 NHS, which replaced the mandatory long-form Census. The voluntary nature of the 2011 NHS means that results may only reflect responses of those who were inclined to participate in the survey, leading to the potential over or under representation of certain communities. Caution must be used when interpreting the data. This change in methodology may also affect the comparability of this data to data from previous long-form Censuses.
...that Peel has the second highest average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings in the Greater Toronto Area?
Data contained in this section were collected by the voluntary 2011 NHS, which replaced the mandatory long-form Census. The voluntary nature of the 2011 NHS means that results may only reflect responses of those who were inclined to participate in the survey, leading to the potential over or under representation of certain communities. Caution must be used when interpreting the data. This change in methodology may also affect the comparability of this data to data from previous long-form Censuses.
...that Peel has the highest proportion of immigrants in the GTA (at 50.5%)?
Top Immigrant Places of Birth are shown as the Top 5 by proportion. Wherever you see an asterisk (*) please note that there is more than one country that has tied for that particular position. We have chosen to show the first country tying for any particular position alphabetically. To see the complete ranking of countries please refer to the Immigration table.
...that of the 124,100 people who speak only Punjabi at home in Ontario, 86,185 (69%) live in Peel?
Due to the low number of French speakers in Peel, it may appear that there is no bar representing the knowledge of French only. This graph uses absolute numbers so it will be difficult to compare geographies with large populations (i.e. Ontario) to areas of small populations (i.e. Ward). To view the raw data visit the Language table.
...that Chinese includes responses of "Chinese" as well as Chinese languages other than Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka, and Shanghainese?
Data contained in this section were collected by the voluntary 2011 NHS, which replaced the mandatory long-form Census. The voluntary nature of the 2011 NHS means that results may only reflect responses of those who were inclined to participate in the survey, leading to the potential over or under representation of certain communities. Caution must be used when interpreting the data. This change in methodology may also affect the comparability of this data to data from previous long-form Censuses.
...that Peel has the second highest percentage of people that take transit to work (13.6%) in the GTA?
Commute time is amount of time it takes for a person to travel one way from home to work on a usual day.
The Region of Peel is made up of the Cities of Brampton and Mississauga and the Town of Caledon. According to the 2011 Census, the Region of Peel had a population of 1.35 million people (including undercount). Between 2006 and 2011 Peel had a growth rate of 11.8 percent.
For more information about the socio-demographic characteristics of Peel, please look at our Census Bulletins.