Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.043% of households are one person living alone, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The median age in Burk's Falls is 45.2, higher than in 69% of Canadian towns. Across Burk's Falls, 58% of residents said they have no religion. The town is home to some 1,031 people (July 2025 estimate), in 465 households at the 2021 Census. Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Burk's Falls comes in at 8.4%.
What stands out about the people of Burk's Falls
Fewer people than before
Burk's Falls went from 981 people in 2016 to 957 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 43%, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 24% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 90% of Canadian towns grew faster than Burk's Falls: −2%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
In Burk's Falls, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 16% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 9.7% in Burk's Falls.
More common-law partners than 74% of Canadian towns: 14%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Burk's Falls: 39% of households rent their home, above 73% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 53% predate 1961, 9.7% date from 2001 or later. 13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Median household income here: $54,400 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Burk's Falls’s median household took in $54,400 before tax, 37% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. 26% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 13% in Burk's Falls, more than in 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
In Burk's Falls, 6.9% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The census found that 2% of residents are not Canadian citizens here.
58% said they have no religion, more than say they are Christian
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Here, 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 4.2% speak French as well
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
At 1%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. Burk's Falls has fewer bilingual residents than 84% of Canadian towns, at 4.2%.
In Burk's Falls, 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 17%, against 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 53% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 24% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 53% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The towns around Burk's Falls are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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 Burk's Falls’s residents
Is Burk's Falls good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 39% of households and one-parent families 9.7%. Schools near Burk's Falls are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Burk's Falls?
Half of Burk's Falls’s households had more than $54,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Burk's Falls?
About 1,031, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 957 people in Burk's Falls, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Burk's Falls?
The median age is 45.2. 16% are under 15 and 24% 65 or older.
Is Burk's Falls bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 95% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Burk's Falls?
Immigrants: 6.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.9%. Indigenous identity: 2%.
What religion are people in Burk's Falls?
58% said they have no religion and 42% that they are Christian; 0.4% named another faith.
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).