Mount Pleasant, Brampton

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Mount Pleasant
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Mount Pleasant Pano 2022.jpg
Aerial view of Mount Pleasant, Brampton (2022)
Coordinates: 43°40′36″N79°49′7″W / 43.67667°N 79.81861°W / 43.67667; -79.81861
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality Peel
City Brampton
Area
[1]
  Total10.0 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total53,640
Forward sortation area
L7A
NTS Map030M12
GNBC CodeFCFBM

Mount Pleasant is a neighbourhood of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, located in the northwestern portion of the city. Historically, the community was a rural hamlet surrounded by agricultural lands. Since opening the Mount Pleasant GO Station in 2006, the area has experienced rapid suburban growth. Along with the Mount Pleasant GO Station retail amenities have opened in the area. The public library has opened up both floors and the library building is a reconstructed historic CPR station structure used as a cultural facility in the Mount Pleasant Civic Square shared with the Peel District School Board and the library. The school connected to the library is Mount Pleasant Village Public School and offers grades K-8. As of the 2021 Community Profile, the neighbourhood has a population of 53,640 across 13,167 households. [2]

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Demographics

In a 2021 Community Profile for Brampton-Mount Pleasant conducted by Environics Analytics, Mount Pleasant had a population of 53,640 people in 13,167 households, an increase of 28.15% from its 2019 census of 41,857. Brampton attracts a significant number of immigrants, with over half of the city's population (52.86%) having been born outside of Canada. [3] Mount Pleasant continues the trend, with immigrants making up 57.5% of the neighbourhood's population, and visible minorities make up 86.2% of the population, with 51.0% identifying as South Asian. [2]

Out of the 13,167 dwellings in Mount Pleasant, 96.5% are single-family houses with the other 3.5% of housing being apartments. [2]

The median age is 46, with 30-34 year old making up the most populous segment at 9.0% (4.828). [2] Mount Pleasant's population is younger than the national average, with 35.93% of its population being in the 0-24 age range (19,273) [2] compared to 27.54% nationally. [4]

Top 5 languages spoken most often at home [2]
LanguagePercentage
English 56.6%
Panjabi 11.3%
Urdu 3.2%
Gujarati 2.0%
Hindi 1.6%

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References

  1. "Mount Pleasant village" (PDF). City of Brampton. January 2012. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Community Profile: Brampton – Mount Pleasant" (PDF). Environics Analytics. February 24, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  3. "Census Profile: Immigration & Ethnocultural Diversity". geohub.brampton.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2018-06-27). "Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-24.