Photo: Ashtabula Archive · Public domainYounger than 92% of Canadian towns: half of Bayham is under 34.4
12% of households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Bayham had about 7,935 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 2,265 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion in the town. Few places have so few one-person households: 19% here, fewer than in four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bayham
Younger than most towns
Bayham’s median age is 34.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Bayham went from 7,396 people in 2016 to 7,096 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Bayham has changed by −4%, slower than 95% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%.
Children under 15 make up 25% in Bayham, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 15%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bayham, 34.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 92% of Canadian towns: 3.1 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.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6% of households are one-parent families here.
Bayham sits below 77% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (7.4%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
89% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 86% 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 74% of Canadian towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. Older homes outnumber new: 37% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later.
Median household income: $83,000 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
At $83,000, the middle household in Bayham earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 21% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Bayham sits below 69% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.2%)
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
Nearly a fifth of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.6% of the total.
75% said they are Christian and 24% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents is 0.8%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. 2% of residents belong to a visible minority.
English is the mother tongue of 67%, and 2% speak French as well
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
At home: English 82%, French 0.1%. Lower than in 98% of Canadian towns: 2% of residents speak English and French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.6%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 7.8%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 34% here, 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
54% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 15% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 54% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 7,808 to 8,085 people, the 6th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 27.4 (Taber) up to 58.8 (Minden Hills). Nearest to Bayham in age: Queen Mary Park (34), Sage Hill (34), Killarney/Glengarry (35.9) and Callingwood South (36.2).
Every nearby town is older than Bayham
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayham | 7,935 | — | 34.4 | 15% | 18% |
| Malahide | 9,995 | 12.9 km | 37.2 | 16% | 16% |
| Aylmer | 8,371 | 14.3 km | 39.2 | 20% | 17% |
| Tillsonburg | 21,450 | 16.6 km | 49.2 | 29% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Bayham’s residents
What is the median income in Bayham?
$83,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bayham (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Bayham?
Statistics Canada estimates 7,935 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 7,096 in Bayham, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Bayham?
34.4 is the median age, younger than 92% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 25%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Bayham bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 0.6%.
How diverse is Bayham?
Immigrants make up 18% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2% are members of a visible minority, and 0.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Bayham?
Christian: 75%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Bayham good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 25%. 67% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near Bayham are on its Schools page.
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).