Fewer one-person households than 97% of Canadian towns: 11%
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (6.5%), Barnstown is below 93% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 6,603 residents and 1,950 households in the neighbourhood. Across Barnstown, 41% of residents belong to a visible minority. The neighbourhood has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of Canadian towns, at 14%.
A median age of 41.5: Barnstown is younger than 54% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8% of residents. Higher than in 62% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents are under 15. Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 19%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Barnstown, 41.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women.
One-parent families: 15%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 3.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For one-parent families, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 92% of Canadian towns: 4.7%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Barnstown comes in at 52%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Renter households make up 19% in Barnstown, less than in 64% 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
Here 71% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. 22% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2.6% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $119,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Barnstown: half had more than $119,000, 38% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 75% of Canadian towns: 33% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (58%) or in Europe (26%). As a reference point, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. 16% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Below 76% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (11%) and Hindu (3.1%). Barnstown has fewer Indigenous residents than 81% of Canadian towns, at 1%. Typically, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 62%, and 5.1% speak French as well
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Barnstown comes in at 5.1%. At home, 17% mostly speak another language; 2.3% speak neither English nor French. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 57% of Canadian towns: 31%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Barnstown, 31%, and 36% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 8.5%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 19% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 52% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
20th lowest median age among 41 towns of 6,490 to 6,719
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 33.7 (West Broadway) up to 61.6 (Southern Gulf Islands). By median age, Barnstown sits among Industrial (39.7), Bonnie Doon (40.5), Pontiac (41.6) and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (42.4).
Older than Barnstown: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about Barnstown’s residents
Is Barnstown bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Barnstown?
33% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 41% belong to a visible minority and 1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Barnstown?
57% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 17% follow another religion.
Is Barnstown good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 63% of households. One-parent families: 15%. Schools near Barnstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Barnstown?
The median household in Barnstown took in $119,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Barnstown?
Barnstown had 6,603 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Barnstown?
A median age of 41.5, younger than 54% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).