Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Callander is over 50.4, older than 86% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Callander has 87%. The census found that 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 locally. Higher than in three quarters of Canadian towns: 6% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Its population is up 3% on 2016.
What stands out about the people of Callander
Older than most towns
Half of Callander’s residents are under 50.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Callander’s population moved +3% on 2016, less than in 60% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 1%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 75% of Canadian towns: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Callander. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Callander, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families; in Callander, 5.8%. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Callander sits above 81% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (55%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 12% in Callander.
Callander ranks below 83% of Canadian towns on renter households: 12%
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. Against that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961.
$101,000 a year: where the middle household sits
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
Household incomes run high in Callander: half had more than $101,000, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 21% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 12%, a higher share than 58% of Canadian towns
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
0.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Across Callander, 4.3% of residents are immigrants.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 60% of Canadian towns: 38%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 2.3%, Callander is behind 82% of Canadian towns on that count. Typically, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Callander: 22% of residents speak English and French, above 76% of Canadian towns
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 96%, French 3.3%. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 9.3% here, more than in 75% of Canadian towns.
24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 55% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
4.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 55% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 55%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 24% are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Okanagan Falls is the oldest at 59.2, Mistissini the youngest at 29. The closest ages to Callander’s belong to Kentley (48.4), Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges (50.4), New Richmond (50.8) and Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (53.2).
Older than Callander: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Callander’s residents
What is the average age in Callander?
Half the residents are older than 50.4 and half younger, older than 86% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Callander bilingual?
English and French: 22% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 77%. French only: 0.3%. French mother tongue: 9.3%.
How diverse is Callander?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4.3%. A visible minority makes up 2.3% and Indigenous residents 6%.
What religion are people in Callander?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (38%); other religions make up 0.9%.
Is Callander good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Callander are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Callander?
Median total household income in Callander was $101,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Callander?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,021 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Callander counted 3,964, 3% more than 2016.
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).