Photo: DiscoverEganville · CC0A median age of 54.4: Eganville is older than 94% of Canadian towns
5.4% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Eganville is home to some 4,326 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,735 households at the 2021 Census. Across Eganville, nine in ten households live in a single-detached house. Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are common here: 7.8%, more than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Every figure here is for Bonnechere Valley as a whole, the municipality Eganville belongs to.
What stands out about the people of Eganville
Older than most towns
Eganville’s median age is 54.4; 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.
Since 2016, Eganville has grown +6%, faster than 63% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 11% higher again.
In Eganville, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Eganville. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Eganville, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Eganville households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Eganville comes in at 6.3%. One-person households account for 31%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 63% of Canadian towns, at 51%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For Eganville, the census puts common-law partners at 12%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 16%, a lower share than 71% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. In Eganville, 0.3% of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
Median gross household income: $68,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Eganville: half had less than $68,000, 21% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. 21% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Eganville has 4.8%. On the census count, 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 70% of Canadian towns: 28%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 93% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
2.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a share 66% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
At home: English 98%, French 0.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue. Bilingual residents make up 7.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Only 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Eganville
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 45% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. 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 45%; 30% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (4,256 to 4,398), the 5th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Glenridding Heights, at 31.9, to Highlands East, at 58.8. The towns whose median age is nearest to Eganville’s: Richmond County, Subdivision A (54.4), Beresford (54.4), Bancroft (56) and Grand Forks (56).
Every nearby town is younger than Eganville
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 11–32 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Eganville.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eganville | 4,326 | — | 54.4 | 30% | 4.8% |
| North Algona Wilberforce | 3,290 | 11.0 km | 52 | 25% | 4.6% |
| Admaston/Bromley | 3,086 | 22.7 km | 45.2 | 20% | 3.2% |
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 30.3 km | 47.6 | 23% | 5% |
| Laurentian Valley | 9,714 | 31.1 km | 45.6 | 21% | 3.8% |
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 32.0 km | 54 | 30% | 6.4% |
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. 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 Eganville’s residents
What is the average age in Eganville?
Half the residents are older than 54.4 and half younger, older than 94% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Eganville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 2.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Eganville?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4.8%. A visible minority makes up 1.2% and Indigenous residents 7.8%.
What religion are people in Eganville?
Most often Christian (71%) or no religion (28%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Eganville good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Eganville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Eganville?
Median total household income in Eganville was $68,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Eganville?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,326 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Eganville counted 3,898, 6% 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).