Photo: Leonora Enking · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 6.3% of households rent their home in Kingston
Half of Kingston’s residents are over 48.4, older than in 81% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,577 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,355 households. Across Kingston, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Most recent wave: just over one in ten immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
A growing town: +10% since 2016, faster than 81% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 12% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, by more than +3%.
Kingston ranks above 70% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 23%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With children under 15 at 15%, Kingston is behind two thirds of Canadian towns on that count. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kingston, 48.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Kingston households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 6.6%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The census found that just over a quarter of households are one person living alone in Kingston.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 77% of Canadian towns, at 54%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners in Kingston comes in at 12%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 96% of Canadian towns: 95%
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
A fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 14% built 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, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
The midpoint household income is $79,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $79,000, the middle household in Kingston earned 8% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is $73,300. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
2.7% of residents are immigrants
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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Kingston has 2.7%. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 0.6%.
Residents with no religion: 34%, a lower share than 54% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (0.9%), Kingston is below 96% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Across Kingston, 3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Bilingual residents: 13%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
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 99%, French 0.6%. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 2.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a higher share than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Only 23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Kingston
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 7.4% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 54% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 54% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 3,521 to 3,632 people, the 7th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 31.2 in Opportunity No. 17 to 57.7 in South Tuxedo. Closest in median age to Kingston are Edwards - Carlsbad Springs (48.4), Dunham (48.4), Horton (48.8) and Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (51.2).
Kingston and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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. 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.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: New Brunswick’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.
Questions about Kingston’s residents
What is the median income in Kingston?
The median household in Kingston took in $79,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Kingston?
Kingston had about 3,577 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,202, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kingston?
A median age of 48.4, older than 81% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Kingston bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 13% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 87% speak only English and 0% only French; 2.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Kingston?
2.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.9% belong to a visible minority and 3.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Kingston?
66% are Christian and 34% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Kingston good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 61% of households. One-parent families: 6.6%. Schools near Kingston are on its Schools page.
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).