Demographics
For city demographics purposes the area is amalgamated with neighbouring areas to form Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction It is an ethnically diverse area. A majority of residents are fluent in Portuguese, Italian and English. A large Ethiopian population is also present in the area. There are many shops along Bloor Street serving the Portuguese and Ethiopian communities.
In the 2006 Canadian census Dovercourt Park was covered by census tracts 0095.00 and 0096.00. According to that census, the neighbourhood has 8,497 residents, a 9.2% decrease from the 2001 census. Average income is $28,311, below the average for Toronto. The ten most common language native languages, after English, are:
- Portuguese - 13.1%
- Unspecified Chinese - 3.5%
- Spanish - 3.5%
- Italian - 3.4%
- Cantonese - 2.8%
- Greek - 1.5%
- Mandarin - 1.5%
- Vietnamese - 1.0%
- French - 0.8%
- Urdu - 0.7%
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