Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 83% of Canadian towns: 87% of households live in a single-detached house
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, against 8.1% in Glencoe. At 1.7%, the share of visible minority residents is lower than in 88% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 6,468 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,405 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 18% of residents are under 15 in the town. Every figure here is for Southwest Middlesex as a whole, the municipality Glencoe belongs to.
A change of +3% since 2016 leaves Glencoe behind 57% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Ontario’s towns +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
Half of Glencoe is over 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. Meanwhile, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Glencoe, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.4 people per household, fewer than in 53% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Glencoe, 7.9% of households are one-parent families. The figure for one-person households is 26% in Glencoe and 27% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 62% of Canadian towns, at 50%
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, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Glencoe has 12%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 21% in Glencoe, less than in 60% 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
Just over one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%.
$80,000 a year: the median household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Glencoe’s households had a total income below $80,000, 7% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
7% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Glencoe, 1.8%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (72%), then in the Americas (18%). Fewer immigrants than in 74% of Canadian towns: 7%.
Glencoe: 40% of residents said they have no religion, above 65% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Glencoe comes in at 4%. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 3% 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
Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Glencoe has 3%. At home: English 99%, French 0.1%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 86% of Canadian towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns: 13%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 14%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 56% of residents aged 15 and over
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%, much like this 56%.
Oldest by rank: 14th of 41 towns of 6,386 to 6,561 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is City View (33.5), at the other Tweed (53.6). By median age, Glencoe sits among Royalwood (44.6), Osgoode - Vernon (44.7), Port-Cartier (45.2) and St. Paul County No. 19 (45.6).
1 of the 5 nearest towns are older than Glencoe
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Glencoe has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–25 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | 6,468 | — | 44.8 | 21% | 7% |
| Brooke-Alvinston | 2,557 | 16.2 km | 41.6 | 20% | 4.7% |
| Dutton | 4,686 | 19.3 km | 44 | 20% | 5.6% |
| West Lorne | 5,566 | 20.0 km | 48.8 | 24% | 11% |
| Adelaide-Metcalfe | 3,196 | 23.4 km | 43.2 | 19% | 10% |
| Strathroy | 26,497 | 25.2 km | 43.6 | 22% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Glencoe’s residents
What religion are people in Glencoe?
59% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
Is Glencoe good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 7.9%. Schools near Glencoe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glencoe?
The median household in Glencoe took in $80,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Glencoe?
Glencoe had about 6,468 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,893, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Glencoe?
A median age of 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Glencoe bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 97% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Glencoe?
7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.7% belong to a visible minority and 4% have an Indigenous identity.
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).