51% of residents are immigrants, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
The figure for one-person households is 11% in Professors Lake and 27% across Canada’s towns. Just over one in ten residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 20%, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 10,335 residents in 3,005 households.
What stands out about the people of Professors Lake
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 51% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (61%) or in the Americas (22%), and 28% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 72%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 51%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Professors Lake ranks above 90% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 14%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Professors Lake is 38.7, lower than in 72% of Canadian towns. For Professors Lake, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 16%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Professors Lake, 38.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Professors Lake households average 3.4 people, larger than in 97% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that nearly one in ten households are one-parent families in Professors Lake.
In Professors Lake, 4.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 53% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
15% of households rent their home, below 76% 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 single-detached houses: 58% here and 64% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 20% date from 2001 or later, 0.7% from before 1961.
The middle household earns $113,700 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Professors Lake had $113,700 before tax, 32% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. In 2020, 37% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 76% of Canadian towns: 8.7%
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 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (61%) or in the Americas (22%). The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. Of the immigrants living here, 28% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Visible minority residents: 72%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (23%), Hindu (10%) and Muslim (8.2%). At 0.7%, the share of Indigenous residents is lower than in 86% of Canadian towns. Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
51% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.6%. Lower than in 85% of Canadian towns: 4.1% of residents speak English and French.
32% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 59% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
13% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 57%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
McConachie is the youngest of them at 30.9; Leeds and the Thousand Islands, at 52, the oldest. By median age, Professors Lake sits among Upper Thornhill Estates (38.6), Glenbrook (38.6), Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (39.2) and Citadel (39.6).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Professors Lake
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professors Lake | 10,335 | — | 38.7 | 16% | 51% |
| G-Section (bramalea) | 8,224 | 1.6 km | 39.2 | 16% | 39% |
| M-Section (bramalea) | 9,901 | 1.6 km | 37.9 | 15% | 45% |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) | 27,171 | 2.2 km | 34.3 | 12% | 57% |
| Deerfield | 13,090 | 2.2 km | 35.2 | 12% | 57% |
| Woodhill | 6,386 | 2.7 km | 34.1 | 10% | 56% |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) | 21,801 | 2.8 km | 34.6 | 11% | 57% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Professors Lake’s residents
Is Professors Lake good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 8.5%. Schools near Professors Lake are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Professors Lake?
The median household in Professors Lake took in $113,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Professors Lake?
10,335, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Professors Lake alone.
What is the average age in Professors Lake?
A median age of 38.7, younger than 72% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Professors Lake bilingual?
English and French: 4.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Professors Lake?
51% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 72% belong to a visible minority and 0.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Professors Lake?
43% are Christian and 12% have no religion; 45% follow another religion.
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).