Photo: J. S. Bond · CC BY-SA 3.0Clinton is older than 82% of Canadian towns: a median age of 48.8
4.5% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 80% here, more than in 72% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 8,318 residents; the 2021 Census found 3,265 households. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Statistics Canada counts Clinton as part of Central Huron: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Clinton
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 5.5% are 80 or over, and 28% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +3% since 2016 leaves Clinton behind 58% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Clinton ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 27%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Clinton sits lower than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Clinton, 48.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Clinton 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.
Couple families are just over three in five households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 6.6% (8.2%). The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in Clinton.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 81% of Canadian towns, at 55%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Clinton has 9.4%. Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%.
Renter households make up 19% in Clinton, less than in 65% 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. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 44% predate 1961, 11% date from 2001 or later.
Households here have a median income of $80,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Clinton’s median household took in $80,000 before tax, 7% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. 20% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
7.3% of residents are immigrants
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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Clinton comes in at 7.3%. Add to that, 1.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (76%) or in the Americas (18%).
Clinton ranks below 53% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 34%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 1.9% in Clinton and 15% across Canada’s towns. 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
94% have English as their mother tongue; 3.1% also speak French
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 1.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French in Clinton comes in at 0.5%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 93% of Canadian towns. At home: English 99%, French 0.1%.
Below 85% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 13% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 58% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 58%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (8,203 to 8,435 people), the 7th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Electoral Area G, Nanaimo is the oldest at 60.8, Rosewood the youngest at 32.4. Closest in median age to Clinton are Douro-Dummer (48.4), St. Marys (48.4), Argyle (51.6) and Bayfield (52).
Clinton sits below 3 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–24 km from Clinton.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | 8,318 | — | 48.8 | 27% | 7.3% |
| Goderich | 8,412 | 15.1 km | 52.8 | 32% | 7.5% |
| Bayfield | 8,327 | 20.3 km | 52 | 27% | 7% |
| Seaforth | 10,402 | 22.2 km | 41.6 | 22% | 6.3% |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | 7,052 | 23.6 km | 51.2 | 28% | 8.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Clinton’s residents
What is the average age in Clinton?
A median age of 48.8, older than 82% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 27%.
Is Clinton bilingual?
3.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Clinton?
7.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.9% belong to a visible minority and 1.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Clinton?
65% are Christian and 34% have no religion; 0.8% follow another religion.
Is Clinton good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 61% of households. One-parent families: 6.6%. Schools near Clinton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clinton?
The median household in Clinton took in $80,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Clinton?
Clinton had about 8,318 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 7,799, 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).