Photo: BrockvilleFact · CC BY-SA 4.0Brockville is older than 89% of Canadian towns: a median age of 51.6
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Brockville, 2. The town has fewer children under 15 than 87% of Canadian towns, at 12%. There are 3% more residents than in 2016. The census found that 43% of households rent their home locally.
What stands out about the people of Brockville
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Brockville is 51.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Brockville changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 61% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Canadian towns, at 30%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 8.5% of residents. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 63% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Brockville, 51.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 86% of Canadian towns: 39%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Brockville, just over one in ten households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
In Brockville, 40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 27% of adults (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: just over a tenth of the total.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 75% of Canadian towns: 6.4%
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
Nearly two in five homes were built before 1961 and 9.9% in 2001 or later. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 71% of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $63,600 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
At $63,600, the middle household in Brockville earned 26% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 23% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Brockville: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 67% of Canadian towns
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 16% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Add to that, 11% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 2.8% of the total.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 39% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. In Brockville, 6.5% of residents belong to a visible minority. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Bilingual residents: 10%, a higher share than 62% of Canadian towns
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
Compared with 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 2.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue here. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 96%, French 0.8%.
Only 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Brockville
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Brockville, 19%, and 38% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 12%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 44% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 30% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 44% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 22,755 to 24,681 people, the 1st oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Fort St. John (32.4) and the oldest Brockville (51.6). Nearest to Brockville in age: Steeles (49.4) and Huntsville (49.6).
Every neighbour of Brockville has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockville | 23,720 | — | 51.6 | 30% | 11% |
| Elizabethtown-Kitley | 9,886 | 10.9 km | 51.2 | 25% | 6% |
| Augusta | 7,767 | 13.3 km | 49.2 | 24% | 5.6% |
| Front of Yonge | 2,773 | 15.2 km | 51.6 | 24% | 4.9% |
| Prescott | 4,342 | 18.7 km | 49.6 | 27% | 5.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Brockville’s residents
Is Brockville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 10% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 2.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Brockville?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 6.5% are members of a visible minority, and 4.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Brockville?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 3.1%.
Is Brockville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 42% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Brockville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brockville?
$63,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Brockville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Brockville?
Statistics Canada estimates 23,720 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 22,116 in Brockville, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Brockville?
51.6 is the median age, older than 89% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 30%.
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).