Butler ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 18%
Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, 44% of residents belong to a visible minority here. 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. More immigrants than in 78% of Canadian towns: 34%. Butler had 2,922 residents in 975 households at the 2021 Census.
In Butler, 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With a median age of 39.1, Butler is younger than 70% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 13%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Butler, 39.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women.
Butler sits below 85% of Canadian towns for one-person households (17%)
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%.
A lower share of common-law partners than 88% of Canadian towns, at 5.6%
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: 35% of adults, against a typical 27%. 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
In Butler, 6.7% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 1% from before 1961. 54% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns. By contrast, in Butler, 27% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $97,700 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
Butler’s median household took in $97,700 before tax, 14% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. 33% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 6.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (57%), then in Europe (19%). Residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Of the immigrants living here, 23% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Residents with no religion make up 22% in Butler, less than in 83% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 1.7%, below just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Among other religions: Muslim (17%). Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
64% have English as their mother tongue; 4.3% also speak French
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. At home, 16% mostly speak another language; 1.9% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 83% of Canadian towns: 4.3% of residents speak English and French.
Butler sits below 56% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (24%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 56% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 56% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between McKernan (30) and Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Butler’s: Saint-Bruno (38.4), Grant Park (38.6), Saint-Isidore (40.4) and Moosomin (41.2).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Butler
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Butler’s residents
What is the average age in Butler?
Half the residents are older than 39.1 and half younger, younger than 70% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
Is Butler bilingual?
English and French: 4.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Butler?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 34%. A visible minority makes up 44% and Indigenous residents 1.7%.
What religion are people in Butler?
Most often Christian (58%) or no religion (22%); other religions make up 21%.
Is Butler good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 53% of households and one-parent families 18%. Schools near Butler are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Butler?
Median total household income in Butler was $97,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Butler?
The 2021 Census counted 2,922 people in Butler.
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).