Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.089% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
With a median age of 46.4, Mountain View County is older than nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For Mountain View County, the census puts one-person households at 19%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 14,802 for July 2025. Of the immigrants living here, 11% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Mountain View County’s population moved −1% on 2016, less than in 83% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 14%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Alberta’s towns +1%.
Mountain View County ranks below 66% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Here, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mountain View County, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 4.6% in Mountain View County.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 97% of Canadian towns: 62%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. Never married and not common-law: nearly a fifth of adults (typical: 27%).
Renter households: 14%, a lower share than 77% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 29% date from 2001 or later, 18% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%.
A median household income of $94,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Mountain View County’s households had a total income above $94,000, 9% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 22% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 80% of Canadian towns: 8.2%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
2% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Here, 6.4% of residents are immigrants.
44% of residents said they have no religion, a share 77% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Locally, 4.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 3.1% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.8% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Mountain View County has 3.1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 15% in Mountain View County, less than in 83% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 8.2% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 65%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 14,571 to 15,050 people: this is the 8th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 31.7 (Chappelle) to 53.6 (Gravenhurst) across the group. Nearest to Mountain View County in age: Rockwood (45.2), Vieux-Bourg (45.7), Rivière-Gatineau (47.3) and Buttonville (47.3).
The towns around Mountain View County are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Mountain View County’s residents
What is the average age in Mountain View County?
46.4 is the median age, older than 74% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Mountain View County bilingual?
3.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Mountain View County?
Immigrants make up 6.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.6% are members of a visible minority, and 4.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Mountain View County?
Christian: 55%. No religion: 44%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Mountain View County good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 69% of households are couple families and 4.6% one-parent families. Schools near Mountain View County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mountain View County?
$94,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Mountain View County (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Mountain View County?
Statistics Canada estimates 14,802 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 12,981 in Mountain View County, about the same as 2016.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).