Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Westmount: 49% of households rent their home, above 85% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 44% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. On the census count, 36% of households are one person living alone. More residents who moved in within the year than in 83% of Canadian towns: 16%. The 2021 Census put Westmount’s population at 23,207, in 10,580 households.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Westmount, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Westmount’s residents are under 40.4, younger than in 61% of Canadian towns. In Westmount, 14% of residents are under 15. Across Canada’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; locally, 20%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westmount, 40.4. 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.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 79% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 7.6%.
Westmount sits below 69% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (40%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 12%, above 62% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 14%, a higher share than 83% 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
Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Westmount comes in at 40%. Older homes outnumber new: 43% predate 1961, 10% date from 2001 or later.
Before tax, the median household income is $76,700 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Westmount had $76,700 before tax, 11% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Nova Scotia’s towns, half of households had more than $69,100 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 27% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
10% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a share 69% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (42%) and in Europe (28%). To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. 14% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 73% of Canadian towns, at 43%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (2.2%). Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Westmount has 17%.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 69% of Canadian towns: 15%
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
There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At home, 6.8% mostly speak another language; 0.5% speak neither English nor French.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 90% of Canadian towns, at 55%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 4.9%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
58% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 58% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (22,497 to 23,978), the 20th youngest of 41 towns
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 32.5 (Cité-Universitaire) up to 54.8 (Cobourg). Riley Park (39.6), Eglinton East (39.7), Ouest (Montréal-Nord) (40.5) and Saint-Lazare (40.8): the towns nearest Westmount in median age.
Every neighbour of Westmount has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 23,207 | — | 40.4 | 20% | 14% |
| South End | 22,012 | 2.4 km | 34.3 | 14% | 16% |
| Fairview | 16,296 | 2.6 km | 36.1 | 14% | 22% |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 2.7 km | 35.4 | 14% | 14% |
| North End | 19,733 | 2.8 km | 33.3 | 14% | 14% |
| Mount Royale | 9,340 | 3.0 km | 39 | 21% | 20% |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 3.3 km | 29 | 13% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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 Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Nova Scotia’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.
Questions about Westmount’s residents
Is Westmount bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 15% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 85% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Westmount?
Immigrants: 14% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 17%. Indigenous identity: 2.9%.
What religion are people in Westmount?
43% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 7.8% named another faith.
Is Westmount good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 45% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near Westmount are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westmount?
Half of Westmount’s households had more than $76,700 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Westmount?
Westmount had 23,207 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Westmount?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
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).