Table 2
Percentage distribution and mean residential greenness score among those living in active cores or suburban regions of Toronto, Montréal or Vancouver, household population, Canada, 2016


Table 2
Percentage distribution and mean residential greenness score among those living in active cores or suburban regions of Toronto, Montréal or Vancouver, household population, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage distribution and mean residential greenness score among those living in active cores or suburban regions of Toronto. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Population distribution and Greenness:
500 m buffer, calculated using percent, mean and standard deviation units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Toronto Montréal Vancouver
Population distribution Greenness:
500 m buffer		 Population distribution Greenness:
500 m buffer		 Population distribution Greenness:
500 m buffer
percent mean standard deviation percent mean standard deviation percent mean standard deviation
Total 100.0 0.44 0.20 100.0 0.44 0.17 100.0 0.43 0.19
Age group
Younger than 5 5.2 0.43 0.16 5.7 0.44 0.20 4.8 0.43 0.18
5 to 17 15.4 0.44 0.16 15.2 0.46 0.19 14.2 0.45 0.17
18 to 39 29.6 0.42 0.18 29.0 0.43 0.20 29.7 0.41 0.19
40 to 65 36.5 0.44 0.17 36.1 0.45 0.20 37.3 0.43 0.18
Older than 65 13.4 0.45 0.16 14.0 0.44 0.19 14.1 0.43 0.18
Visible minority or Indigenous status
White 48.8 0.45 0.18 77.7 0.45 0.20 49.2 0.44 0.20
Indigenous status 0.8 0.44 0.18 0.9 0.45 0.20 2.5 0.43 0.19
South Asian 16.0 0.42 0.15 2.0 0.40 0.19 12.5 0.43 0.15
Chinese 10.5 0.43 0.17 2.1 0.41 0.19 19.0 0.41 0.17
Black 7.6 0.43 0.16 6.5 0.41 0.17 1.2 0.42 0.17
Other Asian 5.0 0.43 0.17 2.3 0.41 0.19 7.0 0.42 0.20
Filipino 4.4 0.43 0.15 0.8 0.42 0.15 4.9 0.40 0.15
Arab 1.7 0.42 0.16 4.5 0.40 0.17 0.7 0.41 0.19
Latin American 2.2 0.42 0.16 2.6 0.40 0.18 1.4 0.41 0.19
Multiple or other visible minority 3.0 0.43 0.16 0.7 0.42 0.18 1.7 0.41 0.17
Immigrant status
Not immigrant 51.9 0.44 0.18 76.0 0.45 0.20 56.7 0.44 0.19
Immigrant 48.1 0.43 0.16 24.0 0.41 0.18 43.3 0.42 0.18
Housing tenure (excluding those in band housing)
Owner 73.3 0.44 0.17 66.0 0.47 0.19 71.5 0.44 0.18
Tenant 26.7 0.42 0.18 34.0 0.39 0.17 28.5 0.40 0.19
Household income (quintile)
Highest 24.0 0.46 0.17 15.4 0.48 0.19 22.3 0.46 0.18
2nd 19.8 0.44 0.17 18.8 0.47 0.19 20.5 0.44 0.18
3rd 18.9 0.43 0.17 21.0 0.45 0.19 19.2 0.43 0.18
4th 18.6 0.43 0.16 22.9 0.43 0.19 18.3 0.42 0.18
Lowest 18.7 0.42 0.17 21.9 0.40 0.19 19.7 0.40 0.19
Low-income status (exclude those NA)Table 2 Note ‡
Low income 15.3 0.43 0.17 14.1 0.40 0.19 15.7 0.41 0.19
Not low income 84.7 0.44 0.17 85.9 0.45 0.20 83.9 0.43 0.18
Note ‡

After-tax low-income measure
Note: NA = not applicable.

Return to note ‡ referrer

Sources: 2016 Census of Canada; Crouse DL, Pinault L, Balram A, et al. Urban greenness and mortality in Canada's largest cities: a national cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2017; 1: e289-97.

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