Photo: Not specified · Public domainPeel ranks below 80% of Canadian towns on renter households: 13%
Half of Peel’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 69% of Canadian towns. Across Peel, 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,176 residents; the 2021 Census found 485 households. In Peel, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns.
A change of ±0% since 2016 leaves Peel behind 76% 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
Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate was 2% lower.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 70% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Peel 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.
7.2% of households are one-parent families. Here 28% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 85%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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: 25% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$67,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Peel had $67,000 before tax, 22% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For New Brunswick’s towns, the median household income is $73,300. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
3.5% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 62% of Canadian towns: 3.5%. Of the immigrants living here, 38% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Peel: 37% of residents said they have no religion, above 57% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Locally, 3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 8.4% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here, 1.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%, a lower share than 89% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 21% 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.
In work on census day: 53% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 53% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Peel has an older population
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
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of New Brunswick’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. 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.
Questions about Peel’s residents
Is Peel bilingual?
8.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.7%.
How diverse is Peel?
Immigrants: 3.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 3.1%.
What religion are people in Peel?
37% said they have no religion and 61% that they are Christian; 2.2% named another faith.
Is Peel good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 7.2%. Schools near Peel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Peel?
Half of Peel’s households had more than $67,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Peel?
About 1,176, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,198 people in Peel, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Peel?
The median age is 45.2. 16% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
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).