Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0Campbellford is older than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 55.2
By its share of children under 15 (12%), Campbellford is below 85% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 15,103 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,900 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 88% of households live in a single-detached house. More residents with no religion than in 73% of Canadian towns: 42%. Statistics Canada counts Campbellford as part of Trent Hills: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Campbellford
Older than most towns
Half of Campbellford’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, Campbellford outgrew 70% of Canadian towns: +7%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Ontario’s towns +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Campbellford sits above 94% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Campbellford, 55.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Campbellford households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7.4% of the total. The figure for one-person households is 26% in Campbellford and 27% across Canada’s towns.
Campbellford sits above 66% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (13%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. More married residents 15 and over than in three fifths of Canadian towns: 50%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of renter households than 68% of Canadian towns, at 17%
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
In Campbellford, 0.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $73,000 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
Campbellford’s median household took in $73,000 before tax, 15% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 22% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
9.2% of residents are immigrants
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
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.8%, Campbellford is behind 78% of Canadian towns on that count. On immigrants, Campbellford sits lower than 66% of Canadian towns: 9.2%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (58%) and in the Americas (20%).
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 4.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.1% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 4.4% 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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 4.4% of residents speak English and French in Campbellford. 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns. At home: English 98%, French 0.2%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns: 15%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 12%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 47%
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 47%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 14,824 to 15,371 people, the 2nd oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 31.2 (Laurel) up to 62 (Parksville). In age, Campbellford keeps company with Powell River (53.2), Sainte-Adèle (53.6) and Parksville (62).
Every nearby town is younger than Campbellford
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
- 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.
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Campbellford’s residents
Is Campbellford good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 57% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Campbellford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Campbellford?
$73,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Campbellford (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Campbellford?
Statistics Canada estimates 15,103 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 13,861 in Campbellford, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Campbellford?
55.2 is the median age, older than 95% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 31%.
Is Campbellford bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Campbellford?
Immigrants make up 9.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.1% are members of a visible minority, and 4.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Campbellford?
Christian: 56%. No religion: 42%. Another religion: 2%.
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).