Photo: Benlarhome · CC BY-SA 4.09.3% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion: 59%, above 96% of Canadian towns. Renfrew counted 6,685 residents and 3,270 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 31% of households live in a single-detached house. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 37.2, younger than in 81% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of Canadian towns: 8.2%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Renfrew, 37.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Renfrew sits above 86% of Canadian towns for one-person households (39%)
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Renfrew, 2. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%. One-parent families account for 7.5%. Shared houses stand out: 7.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 83% of Canadian towns: 19%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
32% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
43% of households rent their home, a share 79% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 37% of homes were built before 1961 and 30% in 2001 or later.
Half above, half below $96,400 a year in household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $96,400, the middle household in Renfrew out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 12%. $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 87% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (43%) and in Europe (33%). The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%. In Renfrew, 19% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns.
Renfrew ranks above 59% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 22%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (2.1%). The usual figure: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 3.2%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents: 9.8%, a higher share than 60% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
6.6% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.8% speak neither official language. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.7% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Above 87% of Canadian towns: 52% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 4.5% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 69% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 69%.
Youngest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 6,551 to 6,822 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Southern Gulf Islands is the oldest at 61.6, Rhineland the youngest at 27.2. The closest ages to Renfrew’s belong to Griesbach (36.6), Klarvatten (36.9), Glenwood (37.3) and Whitmore Park (37.3).
Renfrew is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew | 6,685 | — | 37.2 | 9.3% | 19% |
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | 1.0 km | 38.2 | 14% | 26% |
| Bridgeland/Riverside | 6,860 | 1.1 km | 38.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Winston Heights/Mountview | 4,361 | 1.5 km | 40.4 | 16% | 20% |
| Tuxedo Park | 4,082 | 1.7 km | 37.7 | 13% | 24% |
| Downtown East Village | 3,524 | 1.9 km | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Eau Claire | 3,733 | 2.1 km | 44.1 | 25% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Renfrew’s residents
Is Renfrew good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 43% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near Renfrew are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Renfrew?
Median total household income in Renfrew was $96,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Renfrew?
Renfrew had 6,685 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Renfrew?
Half the residents are older than 37.2 and half younger, younger than 81% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 9.3% are 65 or over.
Is Renfrew bilingual?
9.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.7%.
How diverse is Renfrew?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 19%. A visible minority makes up 22% and Indigenous residents 3.2%.
What religion are people in Renfrew?
Most often Christian (33%) or no religion (59%); other religions make up 7.8%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).