1,338 BORN IN THE USA: AMERICAN INVASION
We’re three times as likely to have been born in the USA when compared to the Toronto average.
ON THE PROWL: 31% YONGE AND ELIGIBLE
The percentage of North Toronto residents who are single.
WHO’S THE BOSS? 22.8 PER CENT
The percentage of North Torontonians whose primary occupation is management.
PYJAMA PROS 88%
We are 88 per cent more likely to work from home than the rest of T.O.
EAST OF EDEN 21%
The percentage of us who list Asia and the Middle East as our country of origin.
LICKETY SPLIT: Higher divorce rate
We are 30 per cent more likely to be divorced than the average Torontonian.
SUN, SAND, SURF: 3x
We spend nearly triple 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.
$21 mil: VAIN!
The amount North Toronto spends on hair grooming each year — nearly $1,000 per household.
$27 mil: VAINER!
The amount North Toronto spends on dental services, some 140 per cent more than the Toronto norm.
Cars: ZOOM ZOOM
Each household spends $4,549 on automobiles annually, 43 per cent more than the Toronto average.
3x CARDIO COMMUTE
We’re nearly three times as likely to walk or bike to work, but that’s still only 9.9 per cent of us.
Drugs: $4.5 MILLION
The amount we spend as a community on prescriptions per year, slightly less than the Toronto average.
$6.5 mil: THE PRICE OF PEACE
The amount we spend annually on kids’ camps. For peace at home, we spend $3 million on musical instruments.
Karma: SWEET CHARITY
We give an average of $1,234 to religious charities each year, more than double the Toronto average. We give $992 to non-religious charities.
1946 THIS OLD HOUSE
Fifty-eight per cent of our homes were built before 1946. Only 4.3 per cent were built from ‘01 – ‘06.
Bank Robbery: FINANCIAL FEES
We pay $7.8 million in bank service changes annually (some $355 per household), 174 per cent more than the T.O. norm.
Go Leafs go $6 MILLION
The amount we spend on live sports events, 249 per cent more than the T.O. average.
Life’s a gamble
As a community, we spend $10.6 million on games of chance (casinos, lotteries, bingos) each year, but only win $4.3 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.