Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5More residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of Canadian towns: 14%
Renter households are rarer here than in 76% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 21,825 households in Georgetown; by July 2025 the population was about 68,265. The census found that 18% of households are one person living alone in the town. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in the town, 8.6%. Every figure here is for Halton Hills as a whole, the municipality Georgetown belongs to.
From 2016 to 2021, 58% of Canadian towns grew faster than Georgetown: +3%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 72% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Georgetown has 17%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents. With a median age of 42, Georgetown is younger than 51% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Georgetown, 42. 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 87% of Canadian towns: 2.9 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.
The census found that 8.6% of households are one-parent families in Georgetown.
Only 7.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Georgetown
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 53% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
4.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 71% 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, 20% from before 1961. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 73% here, more than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $127,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Georgetown’s, at $127,000, is 48% higher. The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. In 2020, 26% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Above 54% of Canadian towns: 19% 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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 14% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.4% of residents. Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 3.8%.
Residents with no religion: 32%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (2%). Georgetown has fewer Indigenous residents than 65% of Canadian towns, at 1.8%. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 14% in the town.
81% have English as their mother tongue; 7.6% also speak 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
5.9% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.7% speak neither official language. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 1.5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Above 60% of Canadian towns: 32% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 6.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 63% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
63% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of 41 towns its size (51,346 to 90,201 people), the 20th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Grande Prairie (34) and Shawinigan (54.4) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Georgetown’s belong to North Vancouver (42), Blainville (42), Medicine Hat (42.4) and St. Albert (42.4).
Every neighbour of Georgetown has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 68,265 | — | 42 | 15% | 19% |
| Creditview | 5,598 | 8.9 km | 32.5 | 6.3% | 56% |
| Alloa | 29,669 | 9.6 km | 31.3 | 5.8% | 57% |
| Spring Valley | 12,564 | 9.7 km | 32.9 | 7.6% | 59% |
| Mount Pleasant North | 10,103 | 9.9 km | 33.2 | 7.9% | 55% |
| Mount Pleasant Village | 19,719 | 10.1 km | 34.1 | 8.3% | 57% |
| New Springbrook | 12,804 | 10.9 km | 34.7 | 9.2% | 55% |
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. 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.
Questions about Georgetown’s residents
Is Georgetown bilingual?
7.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.5%.
How diverse is Georgetown?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 19%. A visible minority makes up 14% and Indigenous residents 1.8%.
What religion are people in Georgetown?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (32%); other religions make up 6.4%.
Is Georgetown good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near Georgetown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Georgetown?
Median total household income in Georgetown was $127,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Georgetown?
The latest figure is an estimate: 68,265 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Georgetown counted 62,951, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Georgetown?
Half the residents are older than 42 and half younger, younger than 51% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
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).