Photo: Patrick Tomasso impatrickt · CC0A median age of 56: Bancroft is older than 96% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.1% in Bancroft and 11% across Canada’s towns. On residents with no religion, Bancroft sits higher than 71% of Canadian towns: 42%. Some 4,331 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025. In Bancroft, 35% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Bancroft
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 13% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 2.1% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Line Bancroft’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +5% change since 2016: faster than 54% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again.
Bancroft: 34% of residents are 65 or over, above 97% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. Fewer children under 15 than in 86% of Canadian towns: 12%. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bancroft, 56. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
The share of one-parent families stands at 8.1%.
Bancroft sits below 58% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (44%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Here, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
In Bancroft, 34% of households rent their home, more than in 67% 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 single-detached houses make up 72%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 10% date from 2001 or later.
Half of households earn more than $57,200 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
The middle household in Bancroft had $57,200 before tax, 33% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Bancroft: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 71% of Canadian towns
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
5.3% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Here, 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Bancroft ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 13%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 2.5% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns: 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 3.8% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 3.8% of residents speak English and French here. At home: English 98%, French 0.4%. 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns.
In Bancroft, 10% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 18%, against 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
42% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 42%; 34% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 2nd of 41 towns of 4,258 to 4,401 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 31.9 (Glenridding Heights) up to 58.8 (Highlands East). The closest ages to Bancroft’s belong to Grand Forks (56), Victoria County, Subdivision B (56) and Highlands East (58.8).
Of the 3 towns nearest Bancroft, 2 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | 4,331 | — | 56 | 34% | 5.3% |
| Faraday | 1,820 | 11.1 km | 57.2 | 31% | 8.8% |
| Hastings Highlands | 4,957 | 13.4 km | 57.6 | 33% | 8.6% |
| Carlow/Mayo | 1,048 | 17.7 km | 55.2 | 30% | 7.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Bancroft’s residents
How diverse is Bancroft?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.3%. A visible minority makes up 2.5% and Indigenous residents 13%.
What religion are people in Bancroft?
Most often Christian (57%) or no religion (42%); other religions make up 0.9%.
Is Bancroft good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 47% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Bancroft are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bancroft?
Median total household income in Bancroft was $57,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bancroft?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,331 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Bancroft counted 4,065, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bancroft?
Half the residents are older than 56 and half younger, older than 96% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 34% are 65 or over.
Is Bancroft bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
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).