637 BORN IN THE USA: AMERICAN INVASION
We’re 1.64 times as likely to have been born in the USA when compared to the Toronto average.
ON THE PROWL: 31% PLAYING THE FIELD
The percentage of area residents who are single.
WHO’S THE BOSS? 18.7 PER CENT
The percentage of North Torontonians whose primary occupation is management.
PYJAMA PROS 2x
We are twice as likely to work from home than the rest of T.O.
EAST OF EDEN 67%
The percentage of us who list Asia and the Middle East as our country of origin.
UNITED WE STAND: Lower divorce rate
We are 23 per cent less likely to be divorced than the average Torontonian.
SUN, SAND, SURF: 1.3
We spend 30 per cent more than the Toronto average on vacation homes.
WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE?
Our purchasing habits tell us a lot about who we are. We buy stuff we need (houses), stuff we want (cars) and stuff we love (Leafs tickets). But $21 million on hair grooming? We have no explanation for that.
$12 mil: VAIN!
The amount Bayview spends on dental services, some 31 per cent more than the Toronto norm.
$14 mil: VAINER!
The amount the area spends on hair grooming each year — $821 per household.
Cars: ZOOM ZOOM
Each household spends $4,106 on automobiles annually, 29 per cent more than the Toronto average.
15% CARDIO COMMUTE
We’re 15 per cent more likely to walk or bike to work.
Drugs: $3.8 MILLION
The amount we spend as a community on prescriptions per year, slightly more than the Toronto average.
$3.5 mil: THE PRICE OF PEACE
The amount we spend annually on kids’ camps, 214 per cent more than the T.O. avg. We spend $1.6 million on musical instruments.
Karma: SWEET CHARITY
We each give an average of $519 to religious charities every year, just less than the Toronto average. We give $818 to non-religious charities.
1946 THIS OLD HOUSE
Twenty-eight per cent of our homes were built between 1946 and 1960. Nearly 10 per cent were built between 2001 and 2006.
Bank Robbery: FINANCIAL FEES
We pay $3.5 million in bank service charges annually (some $201 per household), 55 per cent more than the T.O. norm.
Go Leafs go $2.7 MILLION
The amount we spend on live sports events, 93 per cent more than the T.O. average.
Life’s a gamble
As a community, we spend $7.4 million on games of chance (casinos, lotteries, bingos) each year, but
win only $3 million.
DISCLAIMER: The data used in this article is derived from Manifold Data Mining Inc. data product “SuperDemographics 2010” based on Census 2006 licensed from Statistics Canada and analyzed by Ipsos- Reid. No confidential information about an individual, household, organization or business has been obtained from Statistics Canada. In order to obtain data that reflect typical readers of Post City Magazines, data was filtered to include only owned homes within Post City Magazine areas. For accuracy of comparison, data for Toronto as a whole was likewise filtered to include owned homes.