Photo: Clee7903 · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of immigrants than 95% of Canadian towns: 54%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Johnston Heights has 25%. By contrast, 19% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a higher share than in 90% of Canadian towns. There were 10,805 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 30,971 people. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total.
What stands out about the people of Johnston Heights
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 54% of residents; the medians are 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (82%) and in Europe (8.4%), and 29% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 73%, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 54%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 15% in Johnston Heights. On top of that, the median age in the neighbourhood is 40.3, lower than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Johnston Heights, 40.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Johnston Heights households average 2.8 people, larger than in 84% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Couple families are half of households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 10% (8.2%).
Common-law partners: 5.1%, a lower share than 90% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 51%, above nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
7.3% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 77% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Here nearly a third of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%.
$89,000 a year is the median household income here
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
The middle household in Johnston Heights had $89,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For British Columbia’s towns, the median household income is $87,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 33% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Johnston Heights sits above 67% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (13%)
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 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 29% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (82%) and in Europe (8.4%).
Above 95% of Canadian towns: 73% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (13%), Muslim (4.9%), Hindu (3.6%) and Buddhist (3.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Nothing unusual on Indigenous residents: 1.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
62% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Johnston Heights comes in at 3%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.4% of the total.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 60% of Canadian towns: 33%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 11% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 59% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 29,066 to 32,869 people, the 19th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Alloa, at 31.3; the oldest, Magog, is at 54.4. Closest in median age to Johnston Heights are Saint-Constant (40), Boisbriand (40), Glenfield-Jane Heights (40.5) and Annex (40.7).
Older than Johnston Heights: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Johnston Heights’s residents
What is the average age in Johnston Heights?
A median age of 40.3, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Johnston Heights bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Johnston Heights?
54% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 73% belong to a visible minority and 1.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Johnston Heights?
45% are Christian and 29% have no religion; 26% follow another religion.
Is Johnston Heights good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Johnston Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Johnston Heights?
The median household in Johnston Heights took in $89,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Johnston Heights?
Johnston Heights had 30,971 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).