A higher share of one-parent families than 98% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 14%, above 82% of Canadian towns. 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 3,773 residents and 1,390 households in Berrisfield. Across Berrisfield, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Younger than 65% of Canadian towns: half of Berrisfield is under 39.8
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 25–29: 7.2% of residents. More children under 15 than in 65% of Canadian towns: 17%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Berrisfield, 39.8. 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.
Larger households than 77% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
One-person households: 22% here and 27% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 69% of Canadian towns: 8.4%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 32% of adults, against a typical 27%. Set beside that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Above 68% of Canadian towns: 35% of households rent their home
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
16% of homes were built before 1961 and 3.2% in 2001 or later. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 55%, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%.
Household income at the median: $86,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Berrisfield’s households had a total income above $86,200 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. 29% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
More immigrants than 62% of Canadian towns: 24%
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
32% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 7.3%.
Above 64% of Canadian towns: 27% of residents belong to a visible minority
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (9.1%). The wider picture: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 2.1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 76%, and 4.6% 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
The share of bilingual residents trails 79% of Canadian towns: 4.6%. 10% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2% speak neither official language. Lower than in two thirds of Canadian towns: 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 69% of Canadian towns: 19%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 51%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
51% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 3,710 to 3,828 people, the 12th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Clareview Town Centre is the youngest of them at 32.1; Georgian Bay, at 58.4, the oldest. Next to Berrisfield on this scale come Leila-McPhillips Triangle (39), Eleanor (39.8), Ascot Corner (40) and Magrath Heights (41.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Berrisfield are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrisfield | 3,773 | — | 39.8 | 19% | 24% |
| Lisgar | 3,945 | 0.6 km | 48.3 | 26% | 33% |
| Quinndale | 3,621 | 1.0 km | 37.5 | 15% | 33% |
| Lawfield | 6,021 | 1.2 km | 45.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Hampton Heights | 3,498 | 1.2 km | 43.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Macassa | 2,584 | 1.5 km | 53.2 | 34% | 21% |
| Huntington | 5,024 | 1.6 km | 42.5 | 19% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
Questions about Berrisfield’s residents
What is the population of Berrisfield?
3,773, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Berrisfield alone.
What is the average age in Berrisfield?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Berrisfield bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.6% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Berrisfield?
Immigrants: 24% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 27%. Indigenous identity: 2.1%.
What religion are people in Berrisfield?
35% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Is Berrisfield good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 16%. Schools near Berrisfield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Berrisfield?
Half of Berrisfield’s households had more than $86,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).