Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0East Ferris sits below 99% of Canadian towns for renter households (5%)
Half of East Ferris’s residents are over 48, older than in four fifths of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 1,890 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 5,835. One-person households account for 16%. By its share of residents who moved in within the year (6.5%), East Ferris is below 93% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of East Ferris
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
11% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 3.3% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
East Ferris changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 66% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
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 18% higher again.
East Ferris ranks below 79% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Here just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 19%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ East Ferris, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 4.5%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
In East Ferris, 60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 12% in East Ferris and 11% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
96% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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, 11% from before 1961. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Household income at the median: $109,000 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
Household incomes run high in East Ferris: half had more than $109,000, 27% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 20% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
3.7% 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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (72%) or in the Americas (17%). A year before the census, 6.5% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in East Ferris comes in at 0.6%.
In East Ferris, 11% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in East Ferris comes in at 37%. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Here, 1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Above 84% of Canadian towns: 36% of residents speak English and 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
1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 19% in East Ferris. At home: English 88%, French 9.4%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 22%, a lower share than 62% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 57%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. 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%, much like this 57%.
In its size band (5,726 to 5,948), the 9th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Nutana Urban Centre is the oldest at 62, Electoral Area B, Peace River the youngest at 30.6. Nearest to East Ferris in age: Sandstone Valley (46.9), Spallumcheen (48), New Edinburgh (50.2) and Val-David (50.4).
Of the 4 towns nearest East Ferris, 1 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about East Ferris’s residents
How diverse is East Ferris?
Immigrants make up 3.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1% are members of a visible minority, and 11% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in East Ferris?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 0.6%.
Is East Ferris good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 71% of households are couple families and 4.5% one-parent families. Schools near East Ferris are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in East Ferris?
$109,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in East Ferris (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of East Ferris?
Statistics Canada estimates 5,835 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,946 in East Ferris, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in East Ferris?
48 is the median age, older than 80% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is East Ferris bilingual?
36% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.6% speak French only and 63% English only. French is the mother tongue of 19%.
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).