Above 93% of Canadian towns: 65% of households rent their home
14% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%. Blakeley counted 3,151 residents and 1,500 households at the 2021 Census. For Blakeley, the census puts residents with no religion at 48%. With a median age of 38.4, Blakeley is younger than 74% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Blakeley
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 65% of households, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 57% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 41%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 15% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 28% of households, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 0.7% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Blakeley sits below 72% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (15%)
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 30–34: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Across Blakeley, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Blakeley, 38.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
A higher share of one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns, at 41%
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Blakeley hold 2.1 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Blakeley ranks below 91% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 28%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 36% of adults, against a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 16%.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 90% of Canadian towns, at 28%
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
With households in single-detached houses at 36%, Blakeley is behind four fifths of Canadian towns on that count. Older homes outnumber new: 64% predate 1961, 3.4% date from 2001 or later.
Household income at the median: $55,700 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Blakeley’s median household took in $55,700 before tax, 35% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 34% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 62% of Canadian towns: 9.8%
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (52%), then in the Americas (23%). The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are just over a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents: 19%, a higher share than 54% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents stands at 3.5%. Measured more widely, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Blakeley ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.7%
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
At home, 6.1% mostly speak another language; 2.1% speak neither English nor French. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns is 1.5%. 7.5% of residents speak English and French, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Blakeley ranks below 55% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 24%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 10%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
49% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 49% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 3,110 to 3,201 people: this is the 11th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is La Loche (25.6), at the other Valhalla (66). The closest ages to Blakeley’s belong to St. Clair (38.2), Saint-Liboire (38.4), Houston (38.8) and Queensway Terrace North (40.2).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Blakeley
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeley | 3,151 | — | 38.4 | 15% | 18% |
| Stipeley | 6,572 | 0.8 km | 35.7 | 11% | 16% |
| St. Clair | 3,201 | 1.1 km | 38.2 | 14% | 16% |
| Crown Point West | 6,132 | 1.1 km | 37.5 | 13% | 15% |
| Gibson | 7,581 | 1.2 km | 36.6 | 14% | 29% |
| Raleigh | 7,113 | 1.2 km | 42.7 | 19% | 18% |
| Delta East | 6,186 | 1.5 km | 39.9 | 15% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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 Blakeley’s residents
What is the population of Blakeley?
The 2021 Census counted 3,151 people in Blakeley.
What is the average age in Blakeley?
Half the residents are older than 38.4 and half younger, younger than 74% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Blakeley bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.5% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 2.7%.
How diverse is Blakeley?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 18%. A visible minority makes up 19% and Indigenous residents 3.5%.
What religion are people in Blakeley?
Most often Christian (48%) or no religion (48%); other religions make up 3.9%.
Is Blakeley good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 35% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Blakeley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Blakeley?
Median total household income in Blakeley was $55,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).