Photo: Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0A median age of 36.8: Grand Valley is younger than 83% of Canadian towns
64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, against 88% in Grand Valley. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 4,759 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,395 households. Residents aged 65 and over account for 12%. The town has fewer one-person households than 74% of Canadian towns, at 21%.
What stands out about the people of Grand Valley
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Grand Valley went from 2,956 to 3,851 residents (+30%), faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 99% of Canadian towns: Grand Valley changed by +30% since 2016
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 24%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Above 85% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are under 15
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Grand Valley, 36.8. 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 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 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.
The share of one-parent families stands at 7.5%.
Grand Valley ranks above 66% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 13%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). The share of married residents 15 and over stands at 50%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Only 14% of households rent their home in Grand Valley
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. 38% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 23% built before 1961.
The middle household earns $101,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Grand Valley’s median household took in $101,000 before tax, 17% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. 29% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Grand Valley ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 14%
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
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Grand Valley comes in at 3.5%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (50%), then in the Americas (27%). On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
40% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 1.2% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The share of visible minority residents stands at 16%.
87% have English as their mother tongue; 4.2% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 84% of Canadian towns: 4.2% of residents speak English and French.
15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 81% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
13% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 67%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 67% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 6th youngest of 41 towns of 4,675 to 4,842 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Empire Park (30.9) and Electoral Area B, Nanaimo (63.2) lies the rest of the group. Closest in median age to Grand Valley are Central McDougall (34.7), Richmond (36.6), Saint-Agapit (37.2) and Maybank (37.5).
Every neighbour of Grand Valley has an older population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley | 4,759 | — | 36.8 | 12% | 16% |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 10.0 km | 44 | 16% | 16% |
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 13.6 km | 42.4 | 15% | 15% |
| Orangeville | 33,070 | 17.0 km | 38.8 | 15% | 15% |
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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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 Grand Valley’s residents
Is Grand Valley good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 7.5%. Schools near Grand Valley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grand Valley?
The median household in Grand Valley took in $101,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Grand Valley?
Grand Valley had about 4,759 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,851, 30% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Grand Valley?
A median age of 36.8, younger than 83% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 12%.
Is Grand Valley bilingual?
English and French: 4.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
How diverse is Grand Valley?
16% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 16% belong to a visible minority and 1.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Grand Valley?
55% are Christian and 40% have no religion; 5.1% follow another religion.
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).