Younger than 96% of Canadian towns: half of Spring Valley is under 32.9
One-person households: 3.6%, below 99% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 12,564 residents and 3,025 households in Spring Valley. Here, 5.9% of residents said they have no religion. The neighbourhood has more residents who moved in within the year than 83% of Canadian towns, at 16%.
What stands out about the people of Spring Valley
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 59% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (83%) or in the Americas (8.6%), and 34% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
93% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 59% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Spring Valley’s median age is 32.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 7.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 7.6% in Spring Valley, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Here nearly a quarter of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Spring Valley, 32.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Spring Valley households average 4.2 people, larger than in 99% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.8% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
In Spring Valley, 2.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over three in five residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Spring Valley sits below 66% of Canadian towns for renter households (18%)
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Here, 54% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median household income here: $130,900 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 Spring Valley had $130,900 before tax, 52% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 40% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 98% of Canadian towns: 59% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (83%) or in the Americas (8.6%). Immigrants: 17% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 26%, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. 34% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Spring Valley: 93% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 99% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Sikh (31%), Hindu (25%) and Muslim (13%).
Beyond English and French: 66% grew up with another language
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 39% mostly speak another language; 5.1% speak neither English nor French. 4.9% of residents speak English and French, a lower share than in 76% of Canadian towns. What’s more, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 0.5%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 84% of Canadian towns: 50%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 7.6%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 12,291 to 12,808 people, the 1st youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 32.9 in Spring Valley to 60.4 in Elliot Lake. Grenet (34.2) and New Springbrook (34.7): the towns nearest Spring Valley in median age.
Spring Valley is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 12,564 | — | 32.9 | 7.6% | 59% |
| Credit Valley | 18,078 | 1.6 km | 34.4 | 9.3% | 60% |
| Creditview | 5,598 | 1.7 km | 32.5 | 6.3% | 56% |
| Mount Pleasant Village | 19,719 | 2.1 km | 34.1 | 8.3% | 57% |
| Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village | 13,934 | 2.2 km | 34 | 8.7% | 56% |
| Northwood Park | 10,402 | 2.8 km | 37.1 | 15% | 44% |
| Fletchers Meadow South | 9,214 | 3.3 km | 35.1 | 9.9% | 56% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
- 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 Spring Valley’s residents
How diverse is Spring Valley?
Immigrants: 59% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 93%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Spring Valley?
5.9% said they have no religion and 23% that they are Christian; 71% named another faith.
Is Spring Valley good for families?
23% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Spring Valley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Spring Valley?
Half of Spring Valley’s households had more than $130,900 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Spring Valley?
Spring Valley had 12,564 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Spring Valley?
The median age is 32.9, younger than 96% of Canadian towns. 23% are under 15 and 7.6% 65 or older.
Is Spring Valley bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.9% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
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).