A larger share of immigrants than 98% of Canadian towns: 60%
One-person households: 1.4% here and 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 5.5% of households rent their home. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 8,511 residents and 1,735 households in Wildfield.
What stands out about the people of Wildfield
More immigrants than most towns
60% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (89%), then in the Americas (5.4%); 17% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
97% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 60% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Wildfield is 35.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 20% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Wildfield is under 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Wildfield has 17%. In Wildfield, 12% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wildfield, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 99% of Canadian towns: 4.9 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.
The figure for one-parent families is 3.2% in Wildfield and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns: 1%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 30% of adults, against a typical 27%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns. 63% of residents 15 and over are married.
More households in single-detached houses than 97% of Canadian towns: 95%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $149,700 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
Wildfield’s median household took in $149,700 before tax, 74% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 43% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Wildfield ranks below 92% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.6%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 are 17% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 16% in Wildfield.
In Wildfield, 97% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Other faiths: Sikh (55%), Hindu (25%) and Muslim (8.2%). On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 77% grew up with another language
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 50% mostly speak another language; 8.9% speak neither English nor French. Wildfield has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 99% of Canadian towns, at 0.1%. 5.3% of residents speak English and French (Canada’s towns: 7.5%).
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 41% in Wildfield, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 15% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 7th of 41 towns of 8,378 to 8,621 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Garneau (30.2) and Electoral Area G, Nanaimo (60.8) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Wildfield’s: Trinity Commons (33), Carleton Heights-Courtland Park (35), St. John's (35.6) and Wild Rose (36.4).
5 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Wildfield
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfield | 8,511 | — | 35.2 | 12% | 60% |
| Castlemore Estates | 2,587 | 1.7 km | 43.2 | 24% | 56% |
| Mount Royal | 6,421 | 2.7 km | 38.1 | 13% | 52% |
| Vales of Castlemore | 14,894 | 3.6 km | 36.7 | 13% | 56% |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) | 21,801 | 4.3 km | 34.6 | 11% | 57% |
| Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing | 6,577 | 4.7 km | 35.3 | 11% | 55% |
| Valley Creek | 11,986 | 4.7 km | 38.7 | 15% | 57% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. 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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
Questions about Wildfield’s residents
How diverse is Wildfield?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 60%. A visible minority makes up 97% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in Wildfield?
Most often Christian (10%) or no religion (1.4%); other religions make up 88%.
Is Wildfield good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 47% of households and one-parent families 3.2%. Schools near Wildfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wildfield?
Median total household income in Wildfield was $149,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wildfield?
8,511, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Wildfield alone.
What is the average age in Wildfield?
Half the residents are older than 35.2 and half younger, younger than 90% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 12% are 65 or over.
Is Wildfield bilingual?
5.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.1%.
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).