Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Addington Highlands is over 55.6
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Addington Highlands, 93%. Indigenous residents are more common here than in 86% of Canadian towns. This Ontario town had about 2,827 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,120 households at the 2021 Census. For Addington Highlands, the census puts children under 15 at 12%.
What stands out about the people of Addington Highlands
Older than most towns
Half of Addington Highlands’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Addington Highlands has grown +9%, faster than 78% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Addington Highlands ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Addington Highlands.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Addington Highlands, 55.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Addington Highlands, 30%. Locally, 8% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of common-law partners than 63% of Canadian towns: 12%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
20% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
21% of households rent their home, below 61% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 26% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $57,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Addington Highlands had $57,600 before tax, 33% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 21% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Addington Highlands sits below 87% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.5%)
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (91%) and in the Americas (14%). Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 97% of Canadian towns. Immigrants: 4.3% here and 17% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 42% in Addington Highlands, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 4.4% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 99%, French 0.2%. On bilingual residents, Addington Highlands sits lower than 82% of Canadian towns: 4.4%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns, at 7.3%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Employment: 36% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 36%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (2,785 to 2,866 people), the 5th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Saint-Michel-des-Saints is the oldest at 58.8, Rosthern No. 403 the youngest at 33.6. In age, Addington Highlands keeps company with Forestville (54), Saint-Anicet (55.2), Weedon (56.4) and Saint-Côme (57.6).
Addington Highlands is younger than 1 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Distances here run 14–38 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Addington Highlands.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addington Highlands | 2,827 | — | 55.6 | 31% | 4.3% |
| North Frontenac | 2,515 | 13.8 km | 61.6 | 39% | 6.3% |
| Tweed | 6,504 | 31.6 km | 53.6 | 29% | 6.7% |
| Madoc | 2,467 | 33.6 km | 49.6 | 23% | 5.6% |
| Central Frontenac | 5,348 | 33.8 km | 55.6 | 30% | 6.7% |
| Centre Hastings | 5,170 | 38.3 km | 49.2 | 26% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Addington Highlands’s residents
What is the population of Addington Highlands?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,827 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,534 in Addington Highlands, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Addington Highlands?
55.6 is the median age, older than 95% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 31%.
Is Addington Highlands bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Addington Highlands?
Immigrants make up 4.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 9.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Addington Highlands?
Christian: 57%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 1.4%.
Is Addington Highlands good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 53% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Addington Highlands are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Addington Highlands?
$57,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Addington Highlands (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).