Photo: Wakasui · CC0Immigrants: 47%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 88% of Canadian towns: 23%. At the same time, at 13%, the share of children under 15 is lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Holdom counted 7,976 residents and 3,070 households at the 2021 Census. For Holdom, the census puts residents with no religion at 51%.
What stands out about the people of Holdom
More immigrants than most towns
47% of residents are immigrants, against 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (73%) and in Europe (16%); 21% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
62% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 47% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Holdom is over 42.1, older than 50% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: 8.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total. Among British Columbia’s towns, Qualicum Beach has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 56%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Holdom, 42.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. One-person households: 24% of the total. At 8.1%, one-parent families sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 84% of Canadian towns: 6.3%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 31% of adults, against a typical 27%. Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
40% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 35% of households rent their home here. Newer homes outnumber old: 21% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
Household income at the median: $97,100 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Holdom: half had more than $97,100, 13% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For British Columbia’s towns, the median household income is $87,000. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
16% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a share 86% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 21% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
62% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.4%) and Buddhist (3.2%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Fewer Indigenous residents than in 63% of Canadian towns: 1.9%.
Beyond English and French: 56% grew up with another language
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The figure for bilingual residents is 5.3% in Holdom and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 30% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 5.7% speak neither official language. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9% here, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 43% in Holdom, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 6.5% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
55% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% are 65 or more.
The 20th oldest of 41 towns of 7,839 to 8,124 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Taber (27.4) and Haliburton Village (59.2) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Holdom’s belong to Lambton Baby Point (41), Woodbine-Lumsden (41.7), Harvest Hills (42.4) and Dufferin Hill (42.8).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Holdom
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Holdom’s residents
What is the average age in Holdom?
Half the residents are older than 42.1 and half younger, older than 50% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is Holdom bilingual?
5.3% 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 0.9%.
How diverse is Holdom?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 47%. A visible minority makes up 62% and Indigenous residents 1.9%.
What religion are people in Holdom?
Most often Christian (38%) or no religion (51%); other religions make up 11%.
Is Holdom good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Holdom are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Holdom?
Median total household income in Holdom was $97,100 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Holdom?
The 2021 Census counted 7,976 people in Holdom.
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).