Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Central Frontenac is over 55.6, older than 95% of Canadian towns
The figure for households in single-detached houses is 96% in Central Frontenac and 64% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census found 2,180 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 5,348. Locally, nearly one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 86% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Central Frontenac
Older than most towns
Line Central Frontenac’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 55.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Central Frontenac went from 4,373 to 4,892 residents (+12%), faster growth than in 87% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+12% since 2016, a pace 87% of Canadian towns didn’t match
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%.
In Central Frontenac, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten residents are under 15 in Central Frontenac.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Central Frontenac, 55.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 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.
In Central Frontenac, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few one-parent families: 6.4% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
Central Frontenac ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 51%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 20% of adults, against a typical 27%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 12% in Central Frontenac.
13% of households rent their home, fewer than in 82% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 29% predate 1961, 20% date from 2001 or later. 12% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The median household brings in $70,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Central Frontenac had $70,000 before tax, 19% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 20% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1% in Central Frontenac, less than in 71% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 immigrants were born in Europe (61%) or in the Americas (18%). For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 88% of Canadian towns. What’s more, the share of immigrants trails three quarters of Canadian towns: 6.7%.
Central Frontenac sits above 76% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (44%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 2.5% of residents belong to a visible minority in Central Frontenac. As a yardstick, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 5.7% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Central Frontenac comes in at 5.7%. Across Central Frontenac, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
In Central Frontenac, 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 41% 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. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 41% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (5,248 to 5,443 people), the 4th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Chisasibi (26.6) and Electoral Area L, Cariboo (60) lies the rest of the group. By median age, Central Frontenac sits among Juan de Fuca (Part 1) (51.6), Saint-Jean-de-Matha (55.6), Inverness County, Subdivision A (56.4) and Oliver (58).
Of the 5 towns nearest Central Frontenac, 2 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 27–38 km from Central Frontenac.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Frontenac | 5,348 | — | 55.6 | 30% | 6.7% |
| North Frontenac | 2,515 | 26.8 km | 61.6 | 39% | 6.3% |
| Tay Valley | 6,171 | 31.2 km | 57.2 | 32% | 6.1% |
| Addington Highlands | 2,827 | 33.8 km | 55.6 | 31% | 4.3% |
| South Frontenac | 21,599 | 37.3 km | 48.8 | 22% | 5.9% |
| Stone Mills | 8,523 | 38.1 km | 46.8 | 20% | 6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Central Frontenac’s residents
Is Central Frontenac bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Central Frontenac?
6.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.5% belong to a visible minority and 9.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Central Frontenac?
53% are Christian and 44% have no religion; 2.6% follow another religion.
Is Central Frontenac good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 6.4%. Schools near Central Frontenac are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Central Frontenac?
The median household in Central Frontenac took in $70,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Central Frontenac?
Central Frontenac had about 5,348 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 4,892, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Central Frontenac?
A median age of 55.6, older than 95% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 30%.
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).