Bruleville sits below 99% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.1%)
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 47% of households rent their home here. The 2021 Census counted 4,310 residents in 1,680 households. For Bruleville, the census puts one-parent families at 16%. Few places have as many visible minority residents: 35% here, more than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bruleville
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 29% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 7.9% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 56% of Canadian towns: half of Bruleville is under 41
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.5% of residents. Among Ontario’s towns, Northern Bruce Peninsula has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bruleville, 41. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women.
Bruleville households average 2.6 people, larger than in 63% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Bruleville, the census puts one-person households at 27%.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 72% of Canadian towns: 8.1%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Bruleville has 42%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 91% of Canadian towns, at 29%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
14% of homes were built before 1961 and 1.8% in 2001 or later. Lower than in 79% of Canadian towns: 38% of households live in a single-detached house.
Household income at the median: $71,300 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Bruleville had $71,300 before tax, 17% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More immigrants than 70% of Canadian towns: 29%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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 Asia (52%), then in Europe (26%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 10%, more than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants. 28% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 2.6% of residents.
Residents with no religion make up 29% in Bruleville, less than in 68% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, against 1.7% in Bruleville. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion. Among other religions: Muslim (9.1%).
67% have English as their mother tongue; 3.8% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
17% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.8% speak neither official language. Lower than in 89% of Canadian towns: 3.8% of residents speak English and French. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%; Bruleville has 0.5%.
18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 72% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
47% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
47% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 20% are 65 or more.
The 14th youngest of 41 towns of 4,237 to 4,388 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Glenridding Heights (31.9) and Highlands East (58.8) lies the rest of the group. By median age, Bruleville sits among Rossland (40.8), Tuxedo (40.9), Sunrise Estates (41.2) and Patricia Heights (41.8).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bruleville, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Bruleville’s residents
What is the population of Bruleville?
Bruleville had 4,310 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Bruleville?
A median age of 41, younger than 56% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Bruleville bilingual?
English and French: 3.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0.3%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
How diverse is Bruleville?
29% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 35% belong to a visible minority and 1.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Bruleville?
57% are Christian and 29% have no religion; 15% follow another religion.
Is Bruleville good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 45% of households. One-parent families: 16%. Schools near Bruleville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bruleville?
The median household in Bruleville took in $71,300 in 2020, against $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).