Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Bridgenorth is over 52, older than 90% of Canadian towns
Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, 10% of households rent their home in Bridgenorth. The town is home to some 20,628 people (July 2025 estimate), in 7,480 households at the 2021 Census. Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 85% of Canadian towns: 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Statistics Canada counts Bridgenorth as part of Selwyn: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Bridgenorth
Older than most towns
Line Bridgenorth’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 52; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Growth of +9% since 2016 puts Bridgenorth ahead of 78% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
Bridgenorth sits above 90% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 74% of Canadian towns: 9.4%. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bridgenorth, 52. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bridgenorth households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 5.7% of households are one-parent families in Bridgenorth.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 82% of Canadian towns, at 56%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 20% of adults, beside a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Bridgenorth, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 93% in Bridgenorth, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
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
A quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $95,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Bridgenorth’s, at $95,000, is 10% higher. The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
7.5% of residents are immigrants
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 1.7%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (69%) or in Asia (15%). Lower than in 72% of Canadian towns: 7.5% of residents are immigrants.
41% of residents said they have no religion, a share 67% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 3.3% in Bridgenorth and 15% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 6.5% speak French as well
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: English 99%, French 0.2%. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8% here, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Bridgenorth comes in at 6.5%.
In Bridgenorth, 25% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 53% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 6.6% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 51%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 51%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 29% are 65 or over.
The 2nd oldest of 41 towns of 20,055 to 21,170 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 32.5 in Édouard-Montpetit to 57.2 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Nearest to Bridgenorth in age: Rosedale-Moore Park (49.7), Salmon Arm (51.6) and Niagara-on-the-Lake (57.2).
Every nearby town is younger than Bridgenorth
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgenorth | 20,628 | — | 52 | 29% | 7.5% |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 | 1,428 | 7.5 km | 48.4 | 22% | 0% |
| Peterborough | 97,834 | 11.9 km | 43.2 | 24% | 9.7% |
| Douro-Dummer | 8,379 | 15.5 km | 48.4 | 23% | 6.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Bridgenorth’s residents
What religion are people in Bridgenorth?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 1.6%.
Is Bridgenorth good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 63% of households are couple families and 5.7% one-parent families. Schools near Bridgenorth are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bridgenorth?
$95,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bridgenorth (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Bridgenorth?
Statistics Canada estimates 20,628 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 18,653 in Bridgenorth, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bridgenorth?
52 is the median age, older than 90% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 29%.
Is Bridgenorth bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Bridgenorth?
Immigrants make up 7.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.3% are members of a visible minority, and 3.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).