Photo: Jennifer Aitkens from Guelph, Ontario, Canada · CC BY 2.0In Brooke-Alvinston, 92% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. The 2021 Census found 915 households in Brooke-Alvinston; by July 2025 the population was about 2,557. Here, 1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority. At 13%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Brooke-Alvinston
Fewer people than before
Brooke-Alvinston went from 2,411 people in 2016 to 2,359 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−2% since 2016, a pace below 89% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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 8% higher again. Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Children under 15: 18%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents. With a median age of 41.6, Brooke-Alvinston is younger than 53% of Canadian towns. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. 20% of residents are 65 or over; across Canada’s towns the figure is 19%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Brooke-Alvinston, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 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.
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Brooke-Alvinston, 25%. Census figures put one-parent families at 8.2% locally.
More married residents 15 and over than 65% of Canadian towns: 51%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Brooke-Alvinston, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Never married and not common-law: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%).
16% of households rent their home, below 73% of Canadian towns
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
One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $82,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Brooke-Alvinston’s median household took in $82,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
4.7% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
14% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Fewer immigrants than in 82% of Canadian towns: 4.7%.
3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Census figures put residents with no religion at 35% in Brooke-Alvinston. Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 6.4% speak French as well
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
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is French is 0.4% in Brooke-Alvinston and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Brooke-Alvinston comes in at 6.4%.
Only 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Brooke-Alvinston
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (2,508 to 2,607), the 14th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans City Commercial Core, youngest at 32.7, to North Frontenac, oldest at 61.6. Nearest to Brooke-Alvinston in age: Saint-Polycarpe (38.4), Caswell Hill (39.2), Satoo (41.7) and Unity (42).
Around Brooke-Alvinston, 2 of 3 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke-Alvinston | 2,557 | — | 41.6 | 20% | 4.7% |
| Watford | 3,955 | 15.0 km | 41.6 | 20% | 6.3% |
| Glencoe | 6,468 | 16.2 km | 44.8 | 21% | 7% |
| Dawn-Euphemia | 2,127 | 19.2 km | 43.6 | 21% | 6.6% |
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.
- 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 Brooke-Alvinston’s residents
How diverse is Brooke-Alvinston?
Immigrants make up 4.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.5% are members of a visible minority, and 3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Brooke-Alvinston?
Christian: 65%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 0.2%.
Is Brooke-Alvinston good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 60% of households are couple families and 8.2% one-parent families. Schools near Brooke-Alvinston are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brooke-Alvinston?
$82,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Brooke-Alvinston (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Brooke-Alvinston?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,557 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,359 in Brooke-Alvinston, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Brooke-Alvinston?
41.6 is the median age, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Brooke-Alvinston bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.4% grew up with French.
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).