Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.07% of households rent their home, below 96% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are one in ten immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 12,061 residents; the 2021 Census found 4,495 households. Across Georgian Bluffs, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Few places have so few one-person households: 20% here, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Georgian Bluffs
Older than most towns
Line Georgian Bluffs’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 51.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Growth of +6% since 2016 puts Georgian Bluffs ahead of 62% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Georgian Bluffs is older than 88% of Canadian towns: a median age of 51.2
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. For Georgian Bluffs, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 26%. Lower than in 70% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Georgian Bluffs, 51.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 4.9%, Georgian Bluffs is behind 93% of Canadian towns on that count.
Georgian Bluffs: 60% of residents 15 and over are married, above 95% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 10%.
More households in single-detached houses than 94% of Canadian towns: 93%
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. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 26% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $94,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Georgian Bluffs had $94,000 before tax, 9% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
6.5% of residents are immigrants
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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in Georgian Bluffs. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 1.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Most immigrants were born in Europe (69%) or in the Americas (13%).
Above 68% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.6% of residents belong to a visible minority and 3.1% have an Indigenous identity, against 15% and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns.
95% have English as their mother tongue; 5.9% also speak French
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Georgian Bluffs comes in at 5.9%. 0.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 86% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 22% in Georgian Bluffs, less than in 63% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 7.1% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
53% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% are 65 or more.
Oldest by rank: 7th of 41 towns of 11,799 to 12,343 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Blackfalds (31.8) and the oldest Elliot Lake (60.4). Nearest to Georgian Bluffs in age: Hamilton (49.6), Morrisburg (50.8), Mont-Tremblant (53.6) and Summerland (54.4).
Georgian Bluffs and its 2 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Bluffs | 12,061 | — | 51.2 | 26% | 6.5% |
| Owen Sound | 24,075 | 6.9 km | 48 | 27% | 7.8% |
| Wiarton | 9,799 | 16.2 km | 56.8 | 33% | 7.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Georgian Bluffs’s residents
What religion are people in Georgian Bluffs?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 1.6%.
Is Georgian Bluffs good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 68% of households are couple families and 4.9% one-parent families. Schools near Georgian Bluffs are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Georgian Bluffs?
$94,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Georgian Bluffs (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Georgian Bluffs?
Statistics Canada estimates 12,061 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 11,100 in Georgian Bluffs, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Georgian Bluffs?
51.2 is the median age, older than 88% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 26%.
Is Georgian Bluffs bilingual?
5.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Georgian Bluffs?
Immigrants make up 6.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.6% are members of a visible minority, and 3.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).