Photo: Jodie Wilson from Mountain View, USA · CC BY 2.0A lower share of renter households than 99% of Canadian towns, at 4.8%
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.9% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. For Douro-Dummer, the census puts one-person households at 20%. With a median age of 48.4, Douro-Dummer is older than just over four fifths of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 8,379 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,925 households.
What stands out about the people of Douro-Dummer
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Douro-Dummer went from 6,709 to 7,632 residents (+14%), faster growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 90% of Canadian towns: Douro-Dummer changed by +14% since 2016
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 10% higher again.
23% of residents are 65 or over, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.9%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Douro-Dummer, 48.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 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.
The share of one-parent families trails 93% of Canadian towns: 4.8%.
Douro-Dummer ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 56%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Douro-Dummer.
Douro-Dummer sits above 99% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (98%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 30% predate 1961, 16% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $96,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Douro-Dummer had $96,000 before tax, 12% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 23% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
6.1% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Nearly one in ten immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Douro-Dummer, 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. This Ontario town has fewer immigrants than 77% of Canadian towns, at 6.1%.
More residents with no religion than 55% of Canadian towns: 37%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 2.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 3.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 5.2% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 0.7%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 72% of Canadian towns.
23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 59% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 6.9% (typical 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 55%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 23% are 65 or over.
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 8,282 to 8,492 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Rosewood (32.4) and Electoral Area G, Nanaimo (60.8) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Douro-Dummer’s: McNab/Braeside (48), Brownsburg-Chatham (48.4), Clinton (48.8) and Bayfield (52).
Of the 4 towns nearest Douro-Dummer, 1 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douro-Dummer | 8,379 | — | 48.4 | 23% | 6.1% |
| Bridgenorth | 20,628 | 15.5 km | 52 | 29% | 7.5% |
| Norwood | 5,308 | 15.7 km | 46 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 | 1,428 | 17.1 km | 48.4 | 22% | 0% |
| Peterborough | 97,834 | 18.0 km | 43.2 | 24% | 9.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Douro-Dummer’s residents
What is the median income in Douro-Dummer?
Median total household income in Douro-Dummer was $96,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Douro-Dummer?
The latest figure is an estimate: 8,379 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Douro-Dummer counted 7,632, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Douro-Dummer?
Half the residents are older than 48.4 and half younger, older than 81% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.
Is Douro-Dummer bilingual?
English and French: 5.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 95%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.7%.
How diverse is Douro-Dummer?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 6.1%. A visible minority makes up 2.6% and Indigenous residents 3.2%.
What religion are people in Douro-Dummer?
Most often Christian (63%) or no religion (37%); other religions make up 0.7%.
Is Douro-Dummer good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 64% of households and one-parent families 4.8%. Schools near Douro-Dummer are on its Schools page.
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).