A higher share of immigrants than 97% of Canadian towns, at 57%
In Deerfield, 6% of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood had 13,090 residents in 3,270 households at the 2021 Census. Across Deerfield, 6.1% of households are one person living alone. Higher than in 95% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
What stands out about the people of Deerfield
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 57% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (72%), then in the Americas (17%), and 28% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
89% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 57% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Deerfield’s residents are under 35.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 18% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Deerfield is under 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Deerfield has 16%. Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Deerfield, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 99% of Canadian towns: 4 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Deerfield, 8.4% of households are one-parent families.
Deerfield sits below 99% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (2.3%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 56% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
15% of households rent their home, fewer than in 75% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 61% in Deerfield. On average, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $122,700 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 Deerfield had $122,700 before tax, 43% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 41% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
57% of residents are immigrants
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 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (72%), then in the Americas (17%). 11% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 28% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Deerfield sits above 99% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (89%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (36%), Hindu (17%) and Muslim (9%). Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, Deerfield sits lower than 96% of Canadian towns: 0.1%.
Beyond English and French: 63% grew up with another language
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
At home, 41% mostly speak another language; 6.2% speak neither English nor French. 4.6% of residents speak English and French, a lower share than in 79% of Canadian towns. Set against 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Deerfield.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 67% of Canadian towns, at 37%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Deerfield, 37%, and 21% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 12%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
59% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
9th lowest median age among 41 towns of 12,880 to 13,333
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Thompson, youngest at 31, to Forest, oldest at 56.8. In age, Deerfield keeps company with Aloha Estates (34.5), Springdale (34.7), Windsor Park (35.4) and Stittsville North (36.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Deerfield
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | 13,090 | — | 35.2 | 12% | 57% |
| Trinity Commons | 8,477 | 1.1 km | 33 | 9.3% | 58% |
| Springdale | 13,221 | 1.4 km | 34.7 | 10% | 60% |
| M-Section (bramalea) | 9,901 | 1.7 km | 37.9 | 15% | 45% |
| Rosedale Village | 5,764 | 1.9 km | 45 | 30% | 59% |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) | 27,171 | 1.9 km | 34.3 | 12% | 57% |
| N-Section (bramalea) | 7,513 | 2.0 km | 39.9 | 17% | 48% |
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. 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Deerfield’s residents
Is Deerfield good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 50% of households are couple families and 8.4% one-parent families. Schools near Deerfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Deerfield?
$122,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Deerfield (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Deerfield?
13,090, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Deerfield alone.
What is the average age in Deerfield?
35.2 is the median age, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 12%.
Is Deerfield bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Deerfield?
Immigrants make up 57% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 89% are members of a visible minority, and 0.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Deerfield?
Christian: 30%. No religion: 6%. Another religion: 64%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).