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L5N

Ontario

In plain English

L5N had a population of 83,700 in the 2021 Census in Toronto. Its population density makes it a built-up urban area.

There were 27,101 private dwellings across 33 km².

Median household income was 46% higher than the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was 45% higher than the national figure.

The median age was about the same as the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 29% higher than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 51% lower than the national figure.

Average household size was 29% higher than the national figure.

Where this is

The boundary of forward sortation area L5N covering 33 km², in Toronto, Ontario. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

The area

L5N · ON
Population, 2021

83,700

Ontario · mostly Toronto

Counts for L5N, 2021 Census. These describe this area and are deliberately not compared to a city or a country — a count of households is not comparable to a national total.
Private dwellings27,101
Owner households22,025
Renter households4,565
Immigrants39,345
Land area33 km²

Compared with

Selected 2021 Census figures for L5N, against its city, province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
MeasureL5NTorontoOntarioCanada
Median household income$123,000$97,000$91,000$84,000
Median after-tax income$106,000$85,000$79,500$73,000
Median age40.439.641.641.6
Unemployment rate13.3%13.3%12.2%10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)5.4%10.2%10.1%11.1%
Average household size3.12.72.62.4

Getting around

2021 reference year · dissemination-block level
What this measures:

How close everyday amenities are — not how good they are. Each figure is the share of this area’s residents who have that amenity within the distance shown, weighted by where people actually live.

Residents with a grocery store within a 1 km walk

94%

24 points higher than the national share of 70%

Share of L5N’s residents with each amenity within reach. The proximity index in the last column is scaled against all of Canada, where the national average is close to zero — read it against Canada, never on its own.
AmenityWithinL5NCanadaComparedIndex vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.1 km walk94%70%24 points higher than Canada13% below it
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.1 km walk100%66%34 points higher than Canada3% below it
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.1 km walk99%80%19 points higher than Canada1.3× the national index
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.1 km walk80%45%35 points higher than Canada1.5× the national index
Child careLicensed child care facilities.1.5 km walk100%86%14 points higher than Canada1.2× the national index
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk98%71%26 points higher than Canada1.6× the national index
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk95%60%36 points higher than Canada1.3× the national index
LibraryPublic libraries.1.5 km walk24%28%4 points lower than Canada43% below it
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.3 km drive100%92%8 points higher than Canada34% below it
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.10 km drive100%98%about the same as Canada2% below it

22% of L5N’s residents live in a block Statistics Canada classifies as an amenity-dense neighbourhood — one with a grocery store, pharmacy, health care, child care, a primary school, a library, a transit stop and a source of employment all in range. Nationally it is 16%. This is StatCan’s composite, not ours.

Source: Statistics Canada, Proximity Measures Database (17-26-0002), 2021 reference year. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Measured at the dissemination block and aggregated to this postal area, weighted by population.

Rent

October 2025 · survey-zone level
Read this first:

Two different rents, and neither one is “the rent here”.

CMHC surveys what tenants are paying — including people who have not moved in years — and only in purpose-built rental buildings of three units or more, so it leaves out rented condos, which in the largest cities is most of the market. Statistics Canada measures what is being asked in current listings, across the whole market. If you are staying put the first is closer; if you are moving, the second is.

L5N spans 2 CMHC survey zones — Mississauga (Northwest) (90%), Mississauga (Northeast) (10%). The figures below are averaged across them, weighted by population.

Average rent paid in Toronto's survey zones covering L5N (CMHC, October 2025), against average asking rent across Toronto (Statistics Canada, January 2026). The two are measured differently and are not comparable line by line.
UnitBeing paid (CMHC)ReliabilityBeing asked (StatCan)
Studio$1,577very good (b)$1,760
1 bedroom$1,961excellent (a)$2,110
2 bedrooms$2,250very good (b)$2,660
3+ bedrooms$2,249very good (b)$3,250

Reliability is CMHC’s own code for how much the sample supports the figure, from excellent to use with caution. Where several zones cover L5N, the weakest of their codes is shown.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 46-10-0092 (asking rents, experimental). Data current as of January 2026. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Experimental estimates drawn from online listings, published for selected metropolitan areas only.

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

Air quality

live · nearest station
Air Quality Health Index at Mississauga

1.69

Low risk · 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026

The Air Quality Health Index combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale. It is a reading at a station, not a measurement of any address.
StationMississauga
Distance from L5N8.4 km
Reading1.69Low risk
Highest forecast3

Measured at Mississauga, 8.4 km from L5N. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Health Index. Data current as of 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026. Open Government Licence – Canada. This is the only live figure on this page; everything else is annual or from the census.

Reporting facilities nearby

2024 · within 10 km
What this is:

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of L5N. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

109 facilities within 10 km of L5N reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.

The 12 largest reporters to air of the 109 within 10 km of L5N, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
FacilityDistanceSubstancesReleased to air
Bombardier TorontoMississauga · Transportation Equipment Mfg.8.1 km111,382 t
Halton Hills Generating StationHalton Hills · Electricity4.6 km51,398 t
PEEL PLASTIC PRODUCTS LIMITEDBrampton · Plastics and Rubber7.1 km31,144 t
Mississauga FacilityMississauga · Other Manufacturing8.0 km21,091 t
ROXUL Inc.Milton · Cement, Lime and Other Non-Metallic Minerals8.6 km81,048 t
Plant #31 BramptonBrampton · Cement, Lime and Other Non-Metallic Minerals7.8 km9815 t
Gelpac Poly BramptonBrampton · Plastics and Rubber9.5 km2416 t
Surteco Canada Ltd.Brampton · Plastics and Rubber7.3 km3357 t
Acorn Packaging Inc.Mississauga · Other Manufacturing9.6 km1315 t
IKO BramptonBrampton · Petroleum and Coal Product Refining and Mfg.6.6 km4254 t
Emerald Energy from Waste Inc.Brampton · Waste Treatment and Disposal8.4 km15incl. dioxins/furans252 t
Maple Lodge FarmsBrampton · Other Manufacturing1.9 km4239 t

All 109 facilities within 10 km — including the 97 not listed above — together reported 20,550 t released to air in 2024. That is what was reported within 10 km — not what reached this area, which depends on stack height, wind and chemistry that this inventory does not model.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.

Crime

2025 · metropolitan-area figures
Read this first:

These figures describe the whole of Toronto, Ontario — a metropolitan area — not L5N. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

55.0

Toronto, Ontario · 27% lower than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for Toronto, Ontario, 2025. The Crime Severity Index weights each offence by how serious the courts treat it, so it is an index and not a count — 100 is Canada in 2006.
MeasureToronto, OntarioCanadaCompared
Crime Severity Index55.075.027% lower than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index71.697.226% lower than Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index48.866.827% lower than Canada
Weighted clearance rate33.7%36.6%2.9 percentage points lower than Canada
Reported incidents per 100,000 residents, 2025. These count incidents without weighting them by seriousness, so they are not comparable with the indexes above.
ViolationsToronto, OntarioCanadaCompared
All violations4,198 per 100,0006,065 per 100,00031% lower than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic3,950 per 100,0005,585 per 100,00029% lower than Canada
Violent Criminal Code987 per 100,0001,443 per 100,00032% lower than Canada
Property crime2,566 per 100,0003,141 per 100,00018% lower than Canada
Crime Severity Index for Toronto, Ontario (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it was about the same as in 2011 — 55.0 against 56.1. A change in the index can come from a change in the number of offences, in how serious they were, or in how many were reported to police.
Year-by-year figures
Crime Severity Index by year. This table is the chart above, in full.
YearToronto, OntarioCanada
201156.177.6
201252.775.5
201347.168.9
201445.166.9
201546.270.4
201648.072.0
201750.073.6
201853.975.6
201954.579.7
202046.673.9
202145.974.9
202252.878.7
202359.081.3
202459.478.8
202555.075.0

Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0026 (crime severity index); table 35-10-0177 (incident-based crime statistics). Data current as of 2025 reference year. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Police-reported crime only — offences that are not reported to police are not counted anywhere in these figures.

Common questions

Do these figures describe a specific address in L5N?
No. L5N is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.
Why is the crime figure for Toronto, Ontario rather than for L5N?
Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for L5N means Toronto, Ontario. There is no municipal feed covering this area, so the regional figure is the finest available.
How current is this profile?
The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.
Does this page rank or score L5N?
No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.

What this page will not do

Note:

No score, no ranking, no grade. This page will not score this neighbourhood, rank it against another, or present the people who live here as a feature of the place. Every figure above is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are added together.

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Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Figures describe the whole forward sortation area, not a street.