Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.016% of households are one-parent families, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 11%, Burkholme is ahead of 80% of Canadian towns on that count. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 3,580, in 1,425 households. Census figures put visible minority residents at 33% in the neighbourhood. Higher than in 72% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents are immigrants.
A median age of 40: Burkholme is younger than 63% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 11%. Higher than in 64% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Burkholme, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 61% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 29% here and 27% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 77% of Canadian towns, at 7.5%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 46%; Burkholme has 42%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Burkholme: 42% of households rent their home, above 78% of Canadian towns
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
The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 63%. Across Canada’s towns, a typical 25% of households rent; here, 42%.
Household income at the median: $75,700 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Burkholme’s households had a total income below $75,700, 12% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 29% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns
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
In Burkholme, 8.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (55%) and in Europe (26%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Below 57% of Canadian towns: 33% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (6.2%). On Indigenous residents, Burkholme sits lower than 63% of Canadian towns: 1.9%. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
68% have English as their mother tongue; 3.4% also speak French
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
Burkholme sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. 16% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.2% speak neither official language. Fewer bilingual residents than in 91% of Canadian towns: 3.4%.
Burkholme sits below 76% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (17%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
15% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 50% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (3,524 to 3,634), the 21st oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
South Tuxedo is the oldest at 57.7, Opportunity No. 17 the youngest at 31.2. Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby (39.2), Eaglemere (39.2), Saint-Isidore (40.4) and Des Vallées (41.1): the towns nearest Burkholme in median age.
Around Burkholme, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkholme | 3,580 | — | 40 | 21% | 30% |
| Macassa | 2,584 | 0.9 km | 53.2 | 34% | 21% |
| Eastmount | 4,496 | 1.2 km | 40 | 17% | 17% |
| Hampton Heights | 3,498 | 1.2 km | 43.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Hill Park | 3,262 | 1.2 km | 39.6 | 18% | 22% |
| Lawfield | 6,021 | 1.3 km | 45.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Bruleville | 4,310 | 1.3 km | 41 | 20% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Burkholme’s residents
What is the population of Burkholme?
3,580, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Burkholme alone.
What is the average age in Burkholme?
The median age is 40, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
Is Burkholme bilingual?
English and French: 3.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Burkholme?
Immigrants: 30% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 33%. Indigenous identity: 1.9%.
What religion are people in Burkholme?
33% said they have no religion and 55% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Is Burkholme good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 44% of households and one-parent families 16%. Schools near Burkholme are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Burkholme?
Half of Burkholme’s households had more than $75,700 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).