Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.033% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 87% of households live in a single-detached house here. The median age in Geraldton is 47.2, higher than in 77% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 4,398 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,920 households. Across Geraldton, 3.4% of residents are immigrants. The census figures here are for the whole of Greenstone, the municipality that includes Geraldton.
What stands out about the people of Geraldton
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 33% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 25% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Geraldton went from 4,636 people in 2016 to 4,309 in 2021, −7%: slower growth than in 98% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Geraldton’s population moved −7% on 2016, less than in 98% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Above 64% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, below 61% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Geraldton, 47.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 33% in Geraldton and 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 9.6% here.
A larger share of common-law partners than 83% of Canadian towns: 18%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (40%), Geraldton is below 68% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 23%, a lower share than 56% 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 two in five homes were built before 1961 and 4.4% in 2001 or later. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $72,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $72,000, the middle household in Geraldton earned 16% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.8%, a lower share than 62% 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
38% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 1.7%.
Residents with no religion make up 34% in Geraldton, less than in 53% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 2.1%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
Bilingual residents make up 29% in Geraldton, more than in 80% 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
At home: English 87%, French 10%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. More residents whose mother tongue is French than in 78% of Canadian towns: 21%.
In Geraldton, 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 18%, beside a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 51%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 51%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
10th highest median age among 41 towns of 4,312 to 4,486
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 closest ages to Geraldton’s belong to Oka (46.4), Minnetonka (46.9), Deep River (47.6) and Highway Valley (49.2).
Nearby, 3 of 4 towns have older populations than Geraldton
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Geraldton has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 104–120 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldton | 4,398 | — | 47.2 | 21% | 3.4% |
| Manitouwadge | 2,052 | 104.4 km | 49.2 | 24% | 9.7% |
| Schreiber | 1,068 | 104.5 km | 54.4 | 24% | 5.6% |
| Terrace Bay | 1,553 | 105.3 km | 48.8 | 24% | 12% |
| Marathon | 3,223 | 120.0 km | 43.2 | 16% | 6.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Geraldton’s residents
What is the median income in Geraldton?
Median total household income in Geraldton was $72,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Geraldton?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,398 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Geraldton counted 4,309, 7% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Geraldton?
Half the residents are older than 47.2 and half younger, older than 77% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
Is Geraldton bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 29% are. Another 1.8% speak only French and 69% only English, and French is the first language of 21%.
How diverse is Geraldton?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.4%. A visible minority makes up 2.1% and Indigenous residents 33%.
What religion are people in Geraldton?
Most often Christian (65%) or no religion (34%); other religions make up 1.3%.
Is Geraldton good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 9.6%. Schools near Geraldton are on its Schools page.
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).