Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 86% of Canadian towns: 17%
One-parent families: 11% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. By contrast, fewer households in single-detached houses than in 64% of Canadian towns: 53%. The 2021 Census found 5,210 households in Carleton Place; by July 2025 the population was about 14,837. Locally, 7.9% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Carleton Place
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Carleton Place went from 10,644 to 12,517 residents (+18%), faster growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Carleton Place’s population changed by +18% since 2016, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 19%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Carleton Place, 21%. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.4% of residents. The median age here is 41.6, lower than in 53% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Carleton Place, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 53% of Canadian towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
Census figures put one-person households at 28% in Carleton Place.
Carleton Place: 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 70% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. To put it in context, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Above 59% of Canadian towns: 30% of households rent their home
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 35% date from 2001 or later, 25% from before 1961.
Half of households earn more than $89,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Carleton Place had $89,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 23% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
7.9% 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
Most recent wave: just over a fifth of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Residents without Canadian citizenship: 2.2% of the total.
In Carleton Place, 4.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Carleton Place, 6.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns. 38% of residents said they have no religion.
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents speak English and French
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 5.1% here and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
Only 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Carleton Place
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 6.8%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 60%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 14,590 to 15,090 people, the 20th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 31.7 (Chappelle) up to 53.2 (Powell River). Next to Carleton Place on this scale come Ingersoll (40.8), Dupéré (40.8), Lakewood (41.7) and Briar Hill-Belgravia (41.8).
Carleton Place is younger than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Carleton Place’s residents
Is Carleton Place bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 18% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 81% speak only English and 0.2% only French; 5.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Carleton Place?
Immigrants: 7.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.6%. Indigenous identity: 4.6%.
What religion are people in Carleton Place?
38% said they have no religion and 59% that they are Christian; 2.8% named another faith.
Is Carleton Place good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 54% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Carleton Place are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carleton Place?
Half of Carleton Place’s households had more than $89,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Carleton Place?
About 14,837, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 12,517 people in Carleton Place, 18% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Carleton Place?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
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).