Photo: RichardBH from Hamilton, Canada · CC BY 2.0Half of Battlefield is over 53.1, older than 92% of Canadian towns
A quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 48% in Battlefield. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.8% here. The neighbourhood has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of Canadian towns, at 8.7%. The 2021 Census counted 6,531 residents in 3,145 households.
What stands out about the people of Battlefield
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Battlefield is 53.1; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
37% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 11% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 41%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 32% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 32% in Battlefield, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Battlefield, 11%. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Battlefield, 53.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns, at 41%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families tops 74% of Canadian towns: 9.9%. Households average 2 people. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 66% of Canadian towns, at 8.9%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (42%), Battlefield is below 63% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 93% of Canadian towns: 37%
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
44% of households live in a single-detached house (Canada’s towns: 64%).
Household income at the median: $62,300 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Battlefield had $62,300 before tax, 28% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Immigrants: 25%, a higher share than 64% of Canadian towns
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
Just over one in ten immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (61%) or in Asia (29%).
Below 66% of Canadian towns: 30% 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 (5.1%). Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a lower share than in 70% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Battlefield, 14%.
English is the mother tongue of 73%, and 4.5% 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
12% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.3% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Battlefield sits lower than 81% of Canadian towns: 4.5%. The neighbourhood sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Battlefield, 22% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 12%, beside a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 44% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
44% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 32% are 65 or more.
The 4th oldest of 41 towns of 6,427 to 6,627 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans City View, youngest at 33.5, to Centre, oldest at 61.2. Closest in median age to Battlefield are Kings County, Subdivision D (52.8), Mont-Joli (52.8), Tweed (53.6) and Pictou County, Subdivision A (54.4).
Every neighbour of Battlefield has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield | 6,531 | — | 53.1 | 32% | 25% |
| Stoney Creek | 3,828 | 0.9 km | 50 | 29% | 26% |
| Corman | 6,566 | 1.2 km | 47.1 | 25% | 32% |
| Riverdale West | 6,804 | 1.5 km | 38.4 | 17% | 44% |
| Kentley | 4,007 | 1.5 km | 48.4 | 30% | 36% |
| Vincent | 10,011 | 1.7 km | 39.1 | 18% | 38% |
| Riverdale East | 3,416 | 1.9 km | 43.2 | 22% | 42% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
Questions about Battlefield’s residents
How diverse is Battlefield?
25% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 14% belong to a visible minority and 1.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Battlefield?
62% are Christian and 30% have no religion; 8.1% follow another religion.
Is Battlefield good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 40% of households. One-parent families: 9.9%. Schools near Battlefield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Battlefield?
The median household in Battlefield took in $62,300 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Battlefield?
Battlefield had 6,531 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Battlefield?
A median age of 53.1, older than 92% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 32%.
Is Battlefield bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
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).