Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Algonquin Highlands is over 60.4, older than 99% of Canadian towns
97% of households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. The 2021 Census found 1,265 households in Algonquin Highlands; by July 2025 the population was about 2,915. Children under 15: 7.7% of the total. One-person households are more common here than in 70% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Algonquin Highlands
Older than most towns
Algonquin Highlands’s median age is 60.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 38% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Algonquin Highlands grew +10% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 82% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns, at 38%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 4.8% in Algonquin Highlands and 11% across Canada’s 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+
■ Algonquin Highlands, 60.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Algonquin Highlands households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 4.3% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 83% of Canadian towns: 56%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 16% of adults (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: just over a tenth of the total.
Renter households: 8.3%, a lower share than 94% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. Newer homes outnumber old: 23% date from 2001 or later, 21% from before 1961.
The midpoint household income is $77,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Algonquin Highlands’s households had a total income below $77,000, 10% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Below 63% of Canadian towns: 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (76%), then in the Americas (15%). As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. At 0.6%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 95% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 4.9% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 40%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Algonquin Highlands, 2.2%. In Algonquin Highlands, 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 6% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 6% of residents speak English and French here. Locally, 0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%, a lower share than 73% 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, 7.8% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
38% of residents 15 and over were in work
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 38% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 38% of residents are 65 or over.
2nd highest median age among 41 towns of 2,872 to 2,956
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from McKernan, at 30, to Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, at 61.2. The towns whose median age is nearest to Algonquin Highlands’s: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (56.4), Botwood (56.4) and Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2).
Every neighbour of Algonquin Highlands has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Algonquin Highlands with figures are 18–43 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Highlands | 2,915 | — | 60.4 | 38% | 8.1% |
| Minden Hills | 7,841 | 18.1 km | 58.8 | 35% | 8.7% |
| Haliburton Village | 8,100 | 21.9 km | 59.2 | 36% | 7.8% |
| Lake of Bays | 4,105 | 32.2 km | 58.4 | 34% | 10% |
| Highlands East | 4,372 | 39.7 km | 58.8 | 33% | 7.5% |
| Bracebridge | 18,676 | 43.3 km | 51.2 | 28% | 7.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Algonquin Highlands’s residents
What is the average age in Algonquin Highlands?
Half the residents are older than 60.4 and half younger, older than 99% of Canadian towns; 7.7% are children under 15 and 38% are 65 or over.
Is Algonquin Highlands bilingual?
6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Algonquin Highlands?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 8.1%. A visible minority makes up 2.2% and Indigenous residents 2%.
What religion are people in Algonquin Highlands?
Most often Christian (56%) or no religion (40%); other religions make up 3.4%.
Is Algonquin Highlands good for families?
Children under 15 are 7.7% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 4.3%. Schools near Algonquin Highlands are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Algonquin Highlands?
Median total household income in Algonquin Highlands was $77,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Algonquin Highlands?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,915 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Algonquin Highlands counted 2,588, 10% more than 2016.
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).