Demographics
Census tract 0038.00 of the 2006 Canadian census covers Kensington Market. The 2006 Canadian census revealed that the average family income in Kensington was $61,339, compared to the City of Toronto which has an average family income of $96,602.00. Additionally, the prevalence of low income before tax is substantially higher in Kensington at 39.5% compared to the City of Toronto at 20.6%. The 10 most common languages spoken at home, after English are:
- Cantonese - 14.3%
- Unspecified Chinese - 13.4%
- Mandarin - 9.4%
- Portuguese - 4.8%
- Vietnamese - 2.7%
- Spanish - 1.5%
- Korean - 0.7%
- Urdu - 0.3%
- Polish - 0.3%
- Serbian - 0.3%
Kensington has a lot of diversity, particularly a large Chinese ethnicity due to its close proximity to China Town. 47.5% of Kensington's population is Chinese. It is interesting when compared to the City of Toronto with only 10% population of Chinese people. 7% of Kensington Market's population is from other parts of Asia, 3% Latin, 0.5% Arab, 3% Black, and 39% of the population is Caucasian.
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