Most diverse neighbourhoods in Oshawa
Taunton is Oshawa's most linguistically diverse neighbourhood, with 12.4% of residents speaking a non-official language at home, more than three times the citywide rate of 3.7%. Windfields Farm and Samac follow at 11.2% and 9.6%.
These neighbourhoods also tend to be solidly middle income. Taunton's median income is $109,000 and Windfields Farm's is $93,000, while Samac sits at $96,000.
Citywide, about 22.1% of Oshawa residents are immigrants, and 2.8% identify as Indigenous. The diversity here is spread across newer, growing pockets of the city rather than concentrated downtown.
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The first bar is the headline ranking metric; the rest are related axes for context. Bars are the Oshawaaggregate's percentile rank vs Ontario's 20,000+ census areas.
Top neighbourhoods in Oshawa by share speaking a non-official language at home
| Neighbourhood | share speaking a non-official language at home | Median income |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Taunton · Oshawa | 12.4% | $109,000 |
| 2. Windfields Farm · Oshawa | 11.2% | $93,000 |
| 3. Samac · Oshawa | 9.6% | $96,000 |
| 4. McLaughlin · Oshawa | 7.9% | $102,000 |
| 5. The Fields of Conlin · Oshawa | 7.8% | $116,000 |
| 6. Kingmeadow · Oshawa | 7.7% | $98,000 |
| 7. Thornton Woods · Oshawa | 7.1% | $101,000 |
| 8. Lakeview · Oshawa | 6.9% | $74,500 |
| 9. Farewell · Oshawa | 6.4% | $69,000 |
| 10. Stevenson & Phillip Murray · Oshawa | 6.3% | $92,000 |
| 11. Central · Oshawa | 6.3% | $78,000 |
| 12. Pinecrest · Oshawa | 5.9% | $95,000 |
| 13. Centennial · Oshawa | 5.6% | $66,500 |
| 14. Donevan · Oshawa | 5.5% | $95,000 |
| 15. Thornton's Corners · Oshawa | 5.5% | $95,000 |
| 16. Vanier · Oshawa | 5.5% | $73,500 |
| 17. Kedron · Oshawa | 5.5% | $108,000 |
| 18. O'Neill · Oshawa | 5.3% | $92,000 |
| 19. Eastdale · Oshawa | 5.0% | $97,000 |
| 20. Northglen · Oshawa | 4.2% | $113,000 |
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Common questions
What is the most diverse neighbourhood in Oshawa?
Taunton, where 12.4% of residents speak a non-official language at home, well above the citywide share of 3.7%. Windfields Farm and Samac are next, at 11.2% and 9.6%.
What share of Oshawa is made up of immigrants?
About 22.1% of residents citywide are immigrants. The data doesn't break immigrant share out by neighbourhood, but Taunton and Windfields Farm lead the city on non-official language use, at 12.4% and 11.2%.
Is Oshawa an ethnically diverse city?
It has pockets of real diversity. Beyond the 22.1% immigrant share, about 2.8% of residents citywide identify as Indigenous, and non-official language use climbs above 10% in two neighbourhoods, Taunton and Windfields Farm.