Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 50.4: Greater Napanee is older than 86% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 12% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 5.8% in Greater Napanee. Few places have so few children under 15: 14% here, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns. Some 18,016 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Greater Napanee
Older than most towns
Half of Greater Napanee’s residents are under 50.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Greater Napanee has grown +6%, faster than 64% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 60–64 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Greater Napanee, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Greater Napanee households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 8.7% in Greater Napanee. There is little gap on one-person households: 27%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
58% of adults are married or living common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 22% of adults, against a typical 27%. 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
74% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
35% of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. The figure for renter households is 28% in Greater Napanee and 25% across Canada’s towns.
$77,500 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Greater Napanee had $77,500 before tax, 10% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Greater Napanee ranks below 62% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9.8%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 Greater Napanee comes in at 1.4%. Census figures put immigrants at 5.9% here. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Greater Napanee: 40% of residents said they have no religion, above 65% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 2.7% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 6% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Greater Napanee has 6%. At home: English 99%, French 0.2%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 82% of Canadian towns: 15%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Greater Napanee, 15%, and 41% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 11%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
49% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
49% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 28% are 65 or more.
The 3rd oldest of 41 towns of 17,537 to 18,505 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Schmidtville is the youngest of them at 29; Edmundston, at 54, the oldest. In age, Greater Napanee keeps company with Thornhill (47.9), Central Saanich (49.6), Port Hope (50.8) and Edmundston (54).
Every nearby town is younger than Greater Napanee
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Napanee | 18,016 | — | 50.4 | 28% | 5.9% |
| Deseronto | 1,844 | 7.8 km | 44 | 19% | 4.1% |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory | 3,028 | 16.3 km | 48 | 22% | 0% |
| Tyendinaga | 5,005 | 17.0 km | 42.4 | 16% | 4.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Greater Napanee’s residents
How diverse is Greater Napanee?
Immigrants make up 5.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.7% are members of a visible minority, and 5.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Greater Napanee?
Christian: 59%. No religion: 40%. Another religion: 1.2%.
Is Greater Napanee good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 54% of households are couple families and 8.7% one-parent families. Schools near Greater Napanee are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Greater Napanee?
$77,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Greater Napanee (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Greater Napanee?
Statistics Canada estimates 18,016 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 16,879 in Greater Napanee, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Greater Napanee?
50.4 is the median age, older than 86% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 28%.
Is Greater Napanee bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
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).