Photo: Matilde Park from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Fewer renter households than 73% of Canadian towns: 16%
10% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. There are 8% more residents than in 2016. Locally, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Fewer one-person households than in 72% of Canadian towns: 21%. Every figure here is for Lincoln as a whole, the municipality Beamsville belongs to.
Since 2016, Beamsville has grown +8%, faster than 73% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Beamsville is older than 64% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44.4
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.7% of residents. The share of children under 15 is 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beamsville, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Beamsville households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.1% of households are one-parent families.
Beamsville ranks above 79% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 55%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 8.9%.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 58% of Canadian towns: 70%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
On households in buildings of five or more storeys, 0.7% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 21% from before 1961.
Median household income here: $102,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $102,000, the middle household in Beamsville out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 19%. Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 52% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
2.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 15% of residents are immigrants in Beamsville.
Beamsville sits below 64% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (30%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, 7.2% of residents belong to a visible minority here. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 86%, and 5.2% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.2% of residents speak English and French here. French is the mother tongue of 1.1% and English of 86%; at home, 0.4% speak French most often and 95% English.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns, at 28%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 6.5%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 58% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 58%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 27,155 to 29,725 people: this is the 11th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Alloa (31.3), at the other Picton (56.8). Marie-Victorin (43.3), Laurendeau (44.4), Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan (44.8) and Amherstburg (45.6): the towns nearest Beamsville in median age.
Beamsville sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beamsville | 28,356 | — | 44.4 | 22% | 15% |
| Grimsby | 31,478 | 11.7 km | 45.2 | 21% | 18% |
| Smithville | 16,586 | 13.2 km | 40.8 | 17% | 11% |
| St. Catharines | 153,865 | 15.3 km | 44.8 | 23% | 20% |
| Pelham | 19,980 | 17.1 km | 50.4 | 27% | 13% |
| Fifty Point | 3,690 | 17.9 km | 36.8 | 8.8% | 30% |
| Thorold | 33,844 | 18.1 km | 37.2 | 16% | 17% |
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. 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Beamsville’s residents
What is the population of Beamsville?
About 28,356, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 25,719 people in Beamsville, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Beamsville?
The median age is 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Beamsville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Beamsville?
Immigrants: 15% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 7.2%. Indigenous identity: 2%.
What religion are people in Beamsville?
30% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 2.4% named another faith.
Is Beamsville good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 64% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Beamsville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beamsville?
Half of Beamsville’s households had more than $102,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).