Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 92% of Canadian towns: half of Gananoque is over 53.2
Children under 15: 12%, below 87% of Canadian towns. Gananoque is home to some 5,568 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,560 households at the 2021 Census. In Gananoque, 38% of households are one person living alone. 36% of households rent their home, more than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Gananoque
Older than most towns
Half of Gananoque’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; 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.
A +4% change since 2016: Gananoque grew faster than 51% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Gananoque, 53.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Gananoque households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Gananoque sits below 67% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (41%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With common-law partners at 13%, Gananoque is ahead of 67% of Canadian towns on that count. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 72% of Canadian towns: 4.5%
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
The figure for households in single-detached houses is 53% in Gananoque and 64% across Canada’s towns. 50% of homes were built before 1961 and 8.6% in 2001 or later.
$67,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Gananoque’s median household took in $67,000 before tax, 22% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 27% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
7.6% 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
In Gananoque, 1.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (56%), then in Asia (23%). Fewer immigrants than in 71% of Canadian towns: 7.6%.
Gananoque: 40% of residents said they have no religion, above 65% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Gananoque, 2.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Locally, 4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Gananoque: 8.5% of residents speak English and French, above 55% of Canadian towns
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
There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 66% of Canadian towns, at 21%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 12% hold 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.
A job for 49% 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.
49% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% are 65 or more.
In its size band (5,456 to 5,678), the 4th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Montcalm is the youngest of them at 27.8; Chertsey, at 56, the oldest. Closest in median age to Gananoque are Armstrong (50), Grand Falls / Grand-Sault (52.8), Hudson (54) and Havelock (54.4).
Of the 5 towns nearest Gananoque, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Gananoque has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–34 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gananoque | 5,568 | — | 53.2 | 30% | 7.6% |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands | 10,185 | 11.8 km | 52 | 27% | 7.2% |
| Frontenac Islands | 1,963 | 20.3 km | 59.6 | 37% | 9.3% |
| Kingston | 149,527 | 30.2 km | 41.2 | 21% | 14% |
| Front of Yonge | 2,773 | 32.6 km | 51.6 | 24% | 4.9% |
| South Frontenac | 21,599 | 33.5 km | 48.8 | 22% | 5.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Gananoque’s residents
What is the population of Gananoque?
Gananoque had about 5,568 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,383, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Gananoque?
A median age of 53.2, older than 92% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 30%.
Is Gananoque bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 2.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Gananoque?
7.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.8% belong to a visible minority and 4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Gananoque?
58% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 1.9% follow another religion.
Is Gananoque good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 45% of households. One-parent families: 9.4%. Schools near Gananoque are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gananoque?
The median household in Gananoque took in $67,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).