Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.08.1% of households rent their home, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
The median age in Augusta is 49.2, higher than in 83% of Canadian towns. The town had about 7,767 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 2,950 households at the 2021 Census. For Augusta, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 24%. Recent arrivals are 11% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Augusta has changed by ±0%, slower than 74% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
A smaller share of children under 15 than 70% of Canadian towns: 14%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Here one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Augusta, 49.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A lower share of one-person households than 79% of Canadian towns, at 19%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Augusta has 5.3%. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people.
Augusta ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 56%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Augusta has 13%. Single and never married: nearly a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%.
Above 96% of Canadian towns: 95% of households live in a single-detached house
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. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 11% date from 2001 or later.
Half above, half below $96,000 a year in household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Augusta had $96,000 before tax, 12% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 21% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
In Augusta, 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 83% of Canadian towns: 1.4%. At 5.6%, the share of immigrants is lower than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (60%), then in the Americas (23%).
Residents with no religion make up 37% in Augusta, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 3.2% of the total.
3.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 68% 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
Here one in ten residents speak English and French, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. The benchmark for residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns: 1.5%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 80% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Augusta, 16%, and 42% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 7.8%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
56% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
56% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 24% are 65 or more.
In its size band (7,627 to 7,928), the 6th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 28.6 in La Broquerie to 58.8 in Minden Hills. Next to Augusta on this scale come Dryden (48), Saint-Calixte (48.8), Electoral Area A, Nanaimo (51.2) and Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley (54).
Median age: 2 of the 3 towns around Augusta are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 7,767 | — | 49.2 | 24% | 5.6% |
| Prescott | 4,342 | 6.5 km | 49.6 | 27% | 5.9% |
| Brockville | 23,720 | 13.3 km | 51.6 | 30% | 11% |
| Cardinal | 7,952 | 18.8 km | 48.4 | 23% | 5.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’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. 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. 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 Augusta’s residents
Is Augusta good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 67% of households and one-parent families 5.3%. Schools near Augusta are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Augusta?
Half of Augusta’s households had more than $96,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Augusta?
About 7,767, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,386 people in Augusta, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Augusta?
The median age is 49.2, older than 83% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 24% 65 or older.
Is Augusta bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 10% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0% only French; 3.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Augusta?
Immigrants: 5.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.3%. Indigenous identity: 3.2%.
What religion are people in Augusta?
37% said they have no religion and 62% that they are Christian; 1% named another faith.
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).