Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 87% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are 65 or over
Children under 15 make up 20%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. With about 26,036 residents in July 2025, Angus counted 7,950 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 77% locally. This Ontario town has more residents with no religion than 74% of Canadian towns, at 43%. Statistics Canada counts Angus as part of Essa: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
+9% since 2016, a pace 77% of Canadian towns didn’t match
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 13%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Angus is younger than 79% of Canadian towns: a median age of 37.6
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Angus, 37.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
16% of households are one person living alone, below 87% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Angus, 2.9. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%. The share of one-parent families stands at 7.9%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 70% of Canadian towns: 13%
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: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 50% in Angus. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 19%, a lower share than 63% 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
Angus sits close to the norm on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Newer homes outnumber old: 36% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961.
Household income at the median: $108,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Angus’s, at $108,000, is 26% higher. The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 28% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Canadian towns: 13%
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
Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (49%) or in Asia (23%). At 2.9%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 66% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
3.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Angus has 9.8%. Across the comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
4.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Angus comes in at 8.7%. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 10% (typical 9.5%). Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 63% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 11th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 31.1 (Wellington Place) to 58 (White Rock) across the group. The closest ages to Angus’s belong to Panorama Hills (37.4), Woburn North (37.5), Paradise (38) and Box Grove (38.1).
Angus is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus | 26,036 | — | 37.6 | 12% | 12% |
| Barrie | 174,469 | 14.9 km | 39.2 | 16% | 17% |
| Adjala-Tosorontio | 11,948 | 18.6 km | 46.4 | 17% | 13% |
| Springwater | 24,144 | 19.0 km | 43.2 | 17% | 10% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Angus’s residents
What is the population of Angus?
The latest figure is an estimate: 26,036 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Angus counted 22,970, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Angus?
Half the residents are older than 37.6 and half younger, younger than 79% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 12% are 65 or over.
Is Angus bilingual?
English and French: 8.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.4%. French mother tongue: 4.1%.
How diverse is Angus?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 12%. A visible minority makes up 9.8% and Indigenous residents 3.5%.
What religion are people in Angus?
Most often Christian (54%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 3.1%.
Is Angus good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 7.9%. Schools near Angus are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Angus?
Median total household income in Angus was $108,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).