Photo: Jkentrandall · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Carlow/Mayo is over 55.2
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 98% of households live in a single-detached house in Carlow/Mayo. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,048 for July 2025. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.4%. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 6.8% here, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Carlow/Mayo
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
14% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 3.2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Carlow/Mayo’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +10% since 2016, faster than 82% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 60–64: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that 14% of residents are under 15 in Carlow/Mayo.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% 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.
The figure for one-parent families is 3.6% in Carlow/Mayo and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 28% of households are one person living alone.
Carlow/Mayo ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 56%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
17% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Carlow/Mayo.
Carlow/Mayo sits below 84% of Canadian towns for renter households (12%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 25% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $68,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $68,000, the middle household in Carlow/Mayo earned 21% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 20% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
7.4% 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (79%), then in Asia (14%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Carlow/Mayo, 7.4%.
In Carlow/Mayo, 14% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%. Here, 1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority.
94% have English as their mother tongue; 3.7% also speak French
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
1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 98%, French 0.5%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Carlow/Mayo sits below 99% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (5.3%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
19% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
46% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 46%; 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Carlow/Mayo is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow/Mayo | 1,048 | — | 55.2 | 30% | 7.4% |
| Hastings Highlands | 4,957 | 15.6 km | 57.6 | 33% | 8.6% |
| Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan | 1,656 | 16.7 km | 55.6 | 30% | 6.1% |
| Bancroft | 4,331 | 17.7 km | 56 | 34% | 5.3% |
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. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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 Carlow/Mayo’s residents
What is the population of Carlow/Mayo?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,048 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Carlow/Mayo counted 953, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Carlow/Mayo?
Half the residents are older than 55.2 and half younger; 14% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Carlow/Mayo bilingual?
English and French: 3.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Carlow/Mayo?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.4%. A visible minority makes up 1.6% and Indigenous residents 14%.
What religion are people in Carlow/Mayo?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Carlow/Mayo good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 57% of households and one-parent families 3.6%. Schools near Carlow/Mayo are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carlow/Mayo?
Median total household income in Carlow/Mayo was $68,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).