Mathers: 53% of households are one person living alone, above 98% of Canadian towns
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 48% of households rent their home here. At the 2021 Census, 2,785 people lived in Mathers, in 1,515 households. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 7.6%. Fewer children under 15 than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 13%.
What stands out about the people of Mathers
Many people living alone
53% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 23% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 28% of households, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 42% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.7%, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mathers, 42.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Mathers households average 1.8 people, smaller than in 96% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families; in Mathers, 6.6%.
Mathers ranks below 80% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 34%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law; in Mathers, 9.7%. A third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
28% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 90% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 26% predate 1961, 8.7% date from 2001 or later. Few places have so few households in single-detached houses: 24% here, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Median household income: $63,100 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Mathers’s median household took in $63,100 before tax, 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Manitoba’s towns, half of households had more than $83,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Mathers: 17% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 87% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (39%), then in Europe (29%). 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 82% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 42% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 6.8% of residents.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 26% 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
Other faiths: Jewish (7.8%) and Muslim (2.6%). Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Just over a third of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%).
Mathers ranks above 57% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 8.8%
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
At home: English 82%, French 0.5%. 2.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 65% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 41%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 57%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (2,745 to 2,822 people), the 16th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 28.8 in Kuujjuaq to 57.6 in Saint-Côme. Closest in median age to Mathers are Rivière-Beaudette (40.4), Newton (41.3), Saint-Prime (43.6) and Woodcroft (43.9).
Older than Mathers: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathers | 2,785 | — | 42.3 | 23% | 24% |
| South Tuxedo | 3,629 | 1.0 km | 57.7 | 38% | 17% |
| Tuxedo | 4,295 | 1.1 km | 40.9 | 20% | 16% |
| Brockville | 2,632 | 1.3 km | 67.7 | 54% | 22% |
| South River Heights | 2,632 | 1.4 km | 46.2 | 27% | 18% |
| Central River Heights | 2,736 | 1.6 km | 44.1 | 18% | 13% |
| Tuxedo Industrial | 2,726 | 1.6 km | 34.3 | 15% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Manitoba’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. 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.
- 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Mathers’s residents
Is Mathers bilingual?
8.8% 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 2.3%.
How diverse is Mathers?
24% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 26% belong to a visible minority and 7.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Mathers?
50% are Christian and 34% have no religion; 17% follow another religion.
Is Mathers good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 32% of households. One-parent families: 6.6%. Schools near Mathers are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mathers?
The median household in Mathers took in $63,100 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Mathers?
The 2021 Census counted 2,785 people in Mathers.
What is the average age in Mathers?
A median age of 42.3, older than 51% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 23%.
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).