Peel as a Village, 2006

Overview

In comparison to 2001, 2006 census data reveals that Peel Region has seen a slight increase in its seniors’ population, a greater proportion of foreign-born, a change in its top five source countries for immigrants, an increase in the proportion of those with the highest and lowest education levels, as well as an increasingly diverse linguistic profile. Moreover, it is interesting to note that the area municipality of Brampton increased its share of the total population of Peel Region.

• Population, Age and Sex, Households
• Immigrants
• Language
• Education
• Labour Force
• Place of Work and Transportation
• Income

 Population, Age and Sex, Households

• Peel Village would have 49 male and 51 female residents.
• The geographic distribution of these villagers would be:
  • 58 in Mississauga [62 in 2001]
  • 37 in Brampton [33 in 2001]
  • 5 in Caledon [5 in 2001].
• 22 villagers would be 14 years of age or younger
  • 11 of these would be under the age of 7.
• 70 villagers would fall in the age-group of 15 and 64 years age.
• 9 would be senior citizens (65 years or older) [8 in 2001].
• There would be 31 households with an average household size would be 3.2 persons.

 Immigrants

• 49 villagers would be immigrants [up from 43 in 2001].
  • 18 of them would have arrived between 1996 and 2006 [up from 16 between 1991 and 2001].
• Immigrants born in the top five most common countries of birth would make up nearly half of Peel Village’s immigrants:
  • 10 would have been born in India [7 in 2001]
  • 3 in Pakistan [not in the top five source countries in 2001]
  • 3 in the Philippines [2 in 2001]
  • 3 in Jamaica [2 in 2001]
  • 2 in Poland [3 in 2001].
• In 2006, the United Kingdom is no longer a top five source country for immigrants.

 Language

• 96 villagers would know either one or both of the official languages.
• 89 would know English
• 7 would know both English and French.
• 4 villagers would know neither English nor French [3 in 2001].
• 95 villagers would be using a single language at home [77 in 2001].
• 68 would speak English [64 in 2001].
• 27 would speak a non-official language [13 in 2001], of which:
  • 7 would speak Punjabi [3 in 2001]
  • 3 would speak Urdu [not a top language in 2001]
  • 2 would speak Polish [1 in 2001]
  • 15 would speak another non-official language [13 in 2001].

 Education

• Of the 56 Peel villagers of age 25 years and older,
• 16 would have completed University with a Bachelor’s degree or higher [15 in 2001].
• 7 would have less than a Grade Nine education [5 in 2001].

 Labour Force

• 57 villagers aged 15 and older would be in the workforce; (30 males and 27 females).
  • 53 would be employed of which 6 would be self-employed.
  • 4 would be looking for work [3 in 2001].
• Nearly half of Peel Village’s workforce would be employed in one of these top-four industries: manufacturing, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade.
• 33 villagers would be working or pursuing work in one of these top three occupations:
• Business, finance and administration
• Sales and service, or,
• Trades, transport and equipment operators.

 Place of Work and Transportation

• Of the 53 employed villagers,
• 28 would be working within Peel Village, 21 of these would be working within the area municipality of their residence.
• 22 would be working outside Peel Village or would not have a fixed workplace.
• 3 would be working from home.
• 37 Peel villagers would drive, 4 would carpool, 6 would take public transit, and 1 would walk or bike to their workplace.
• Of the 31 households, only two would not have a vehicle. Most would have more than one vehicle.
• Each household would have two drivers on average.

 Income

• Of the 78 villagers aged 15 and over, 74 would have some form of income:
• 29 of these would be earning less than $20,000 [28 in 2001],
• 20 would be earning $20,000-$39,999 [22 in 2001],
• 13 would be earning $40,000-$59,999 [13 in 2001],
• 12 would be earning more than $60,000 per year [12 in 2001],
• Peel villagers would have a median income of $27,879 [$27,969 in 2001].
  • Male median income of $34,177 [$34,882 in 2001]
  • Female median income of $22,554 [$21,824 in 2001].
• 14 Peel villagers in households would be living in low-income [12 in 2001].

Note: 2001 figures were listed where there was a significant difference between 2001 and 2006 figures or to maintain consistency. Facts that do not list 2001 figures in parenthesis either did not change or changed minimally in 2006.

Source:  Statistics Canada, 2006 Census.

Revised: Tuesday May 06 2014