More visible minority residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 94%
The average household has 4.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 11,510 residents in 2,720 households. For Ebenezer West, the census puts residents without Canadian citizenship at 19%. 13% of households rent their home, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Ebenezer West
More immigrants than most towns
58% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (80%) or in the Americas (12%); 20% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 94%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 58%. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Ebenezer West’s median age is 35.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 17% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Ebenezer West is under 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 17%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ebenezer West, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 4.6% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.4%, below 79% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%.
Ebenezer West sits below 99% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (1.7%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 57%, Ebenezer West is ahead of 86% of Canadian towns on that count. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 56% of Canadian towns: 59%
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 buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 94% date from 2001 or later, 0.4% from before 1961. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $132,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Ebenezer West had $132,200 before tax, 54% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 44% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
58% of residents are immigrants, more than in 97% 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 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 20% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 5% of residents. The benchmark for immigrants across Canada’s towns: 17%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (80%) or in the Americas (12%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 99% of Canadian towns: 6.1%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (32%), Sikh (32%) and Muslim (7%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
67% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
43% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 7.2% speak neither official language. Lower than in 93% of Canadian towns: 3.2% of residents speak English and French. Where 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Ebenezer West has 0.2%.
40% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 72% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
13% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 9th youngest of 41 towns of 11,309 to 11,716 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Milton-Parc is the youngest of them at 30.4; Sechelt, at 57.6, the oldest. Nearest to Ebenezer West in age: Hochelaga (34.5), New Kleinburg (34.6), Dundalk (36) and Banff (36.8).
Ebenezer West and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebenezer West | 11,510 | — | 35.2 | 11% | 58% |
| Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing | 6,577 | 1.5 km | 35.3 | 11% | 55% |
| Ebenezer East | 27,031 | 2.1 km | 34 | 9.8% | 60% |
| Valley Creek | 11,986 | 2.1 km | 38.7 | 15% | 57% |
| Woodhill | 6,386 | 3.1 km | 34.1 | 10% | 56% |
| The Estates of Rainbow Creek | 6,822 | 4.5 km | 47.3 | 25% | 49% |
| Castlemore Estates | 2,587 | 4.6 km | 43.2 | 24% | 56% |
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. 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
Questions about Ebenezer West’s residents
What is the median income in Ebenezer West?
$132,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ebenezer West (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Ebenezer West?
The 2021 Census counted 11,510 people in Ebenezer West.
What is the average age in Ebenezer West?
35.2 is the median age, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 11%.
Is Ebenezer West bilingual?
English and French: 3.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.2%.
How diverse is Ebenezer West?
Immigrants make up 58% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 94% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ebenezer West?
Christian: 22%. No religion: 6.1%. Another religion: 72%.
Is Ebenezer West good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 50% of households are couple families and 6.4% one-parent families. Schools near Ebenezer West are on its Schools page.
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).