Photo: P199 · Public domainFaraday is older than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 57.2
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Faraday, 93% of households live in a single-detached house. At 42%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 72% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,820 residents; the 2021 Census found 755 households.
What stands out about the people of Faraday
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 11% of residents, more than in 88% of Canadian towns, and 2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Line Faraday’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 57.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Faraday went from 1,401 people in 2016 to 1,612 in 2021, +15%: faster growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 92% of Canadian towns: Faraday changed by +15% since 2016
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again.
Faraday ranks above 95% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
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 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. In Faraday, 10% of residents are under 15. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Faraday, 31%. One-parent families are rarer here than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners make up 13% in Faraday, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Faraday, 49%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Renter households: 9.9%, a lower share than 90% 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. Typically, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 20% date from 2001 or later, 16% from before 1961. 9.3% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
$64,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Faraday: half had less than $64,000, 26% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 23% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 62% of Canadian towns, at 9.8%
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Across Faraday, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants.
11% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 88% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 1.3% in Faraday and 15% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 4% 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
At home: English 98%, French 0.9%. Faraday has fewer bilingual residents than 86% of Canadian towns, at 4%. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 67% of Canadian towns: 20%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 17%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 39% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 39%; 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Faraday
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faraday | 1,820 | — | 57.2 | 31% | 8.8% |
| Bancroft | 4,331 | 11.1 km | 56 | 34% | 5.3% |
| Hastings Highlands | 4,957 | 18.7 km | 57.6 | 33% | 8.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Faraday’s residents
How diverse is Faraday?
Immigrants: 8.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.3%. Indigenous identity: 11%.
What religion are people in Faraday?
42% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 2% named another faith.
Is Faraday good for families?
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Faraday are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Faraday?
Half of Faraday’s households had more than $64,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Faraday?
About 1,820, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,612 people in Faraday, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Faraday?
The median age is 57.2. 10% are under 15 and 31% 65 or older.
Is Faraday bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 96% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
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).