Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 95% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents have an Indigenous identity
In Bonfield, 93% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. About 2,597 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.6%. With a median age of 48, Bonfield is older than 80% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bonfield
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
17% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 4.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +8% since 2016, faster than 72% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 21%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 60% of Canadian towns: 20%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The census found that 15% of residents are under 15 in Bonfield. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bonfield, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Bonfield ranks below 58% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 25%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. In Bonfield, 6.2% of households are one-parent families.
A higher share of common-law partners than 73% of Canadian towns, at 14%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Locally, 51% of residents 15 and over are married. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Bonfield sits below 86% of Canadian towns for renter households (11%)
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
Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $77,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Bonfield’s households had a total income below $77,000, 10% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. 23% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 63% of Canadian towns: 9.7%
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
By its share of residents without Canadian citizenship (0.5%), Bonfield is below 96% of Canadian towns. The share of immigrants stands at 2.3%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Residents with no religion: 32%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 2.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents make up 34% in Bonfield, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 20%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
Below 94% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 14% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
48% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 48%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 20% are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 2,544 to 2,650 people, the 12th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Brockville is the oldest at 67.7, City Commercial Core the youngest at 32.7. Next to Bonfield on this scale come Saint-Chrysostome (46.8), Sherwood (47.7), Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel (50) and Sainte-Croix (50.4).
Nearby, 1 of 3 towns have older populations than Bonfield
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonfield | 2,597 | — | 48 | 20% | 2.3% |
| East Ferris | 5,835 | 10.0 km | 48 | 21% | 3.7% |
| Chisholm | 1,593 | 16.6 km | 44.8 | 20% | 8% |
| Callander | 4,021 | 17.0 km | 50.4 | 24% | 4.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Bonfield’s residents
What is the median income in Bonfield?
Half of Bonfield’s households had more than $77,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Bonfield?
About 2,597, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,146 people in Bonfield, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bonfield?
The median age is 48, older than 80% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Bonfield bilingual?
34% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.2% speak French only and 66% English only. French is the mother tongue of 20%.
How diverse is Bonfield?
Immigrants: 2.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.1%. Indigenous identity: 17%.
What religion are people in Bonfield?
32% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Bonfield good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 6.2%. Schools near Bonfield 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).