Households in single-detached houses: 93%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Buchanan has 14%. At the same time, 22% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 68% of Canadian towns. There were 1,095 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 3,006 people. For Buchanan, the census puts residents without Canadian citizenship at 9%.
Fewer children under 15 than 72% of Canadian towns: 14%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 20–24 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 40.5, Buchanan is younger than 60% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Buchanan, 40.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 74% 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.
In Buchanan, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 68% of Canadian towns, at 8.6%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law.
Buchanan ranks below 69% of Canadian towns on renter households: 17%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $107,300 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Buchanan’s, at $107,300, is 25% higher. The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 29% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Buchanan sits above 57% of Canadian towns for immigrants (21%)
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (46%) and in Asia (41%). 12% lived at another address a year earlier, more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. The share of immigrants across Canada’s towns is 17%. Most recent wave: 23% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Below 57% of Canadian towns: 33% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3.7%) and Sikh (2.2%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 81% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%. Visible minority: 18% (Canada’s towns: 15%).
72% have English as their mother tongue; 6.8% also speak French
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
At home, 9.9% mostly speak another language; 1% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
36% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 7.7% (typical 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 55%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 55% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 11th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Albany, youngest at 29.9, to Electoral Area C, Strathcona, oldest at 58.4. Nearest to Buchanan in age: Nutana Park (39.4), Wallace-Woodworth (40.4), Kernohan (40.8) and Trillium (41.4).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Buchanan
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | 3,006 | — | 40.5 | 19% | 21% |
| Westcliffe East | 2,832 | 0.9 km | 43.4 | 21% | 18% |
| Rolston | 6,124 | 1.0 km | 38.4 | 19% | 34% |
| Gilbert | 3,181 | 1.2 km | 37.7 | 17% | 34% |
| Balfour | 4,171 | 1.4 km | 36.5 | 16% | 31% |
| Kirkendall South | 3,033 | 1.7 km | 42.9 | 18% | 14% |
| Greeningdon | 3,296 | 1.8 km | 40.6 | 20% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Buchanan’s residents
What is the population of Buchanan?
Buchanan had 3,006 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Buchanan?
40.5 is the median age, younger than 60% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Buchanan bilingual?
English and French: 6.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Buchanan?
Immigrants make up 21% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 18% are members of a visible minority, and 1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Buchanan?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 33%. Another religion: 9.4%.
Is Buchanan good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 54% of households are couple families and 9.5% one-parent families. Schools near Buchanan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Buchanan?
$107,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Buchanan (Canada’s towns: $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).