Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 3.0Renter households make up 7% in Carlisle, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
2.5% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 7,161 residents in 2,425 households. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 5.4%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of Canadian towns, at 14%
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.
With a median age of 46.5, Carlisle is older than three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. 18% of residents are 65 or over. No age band is larger than 55–59: 9.8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Carlisle, 46.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 89% of Canadian towns: 3 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.
Couple families are 71% of households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 4.9% (8.2%).
In Carlisle, 59% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 7.1% in Carlisle.
96% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 9% in 2001 or later. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%.
The median household brings in $148,000 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
Half of Carlisle’s households had a total income above $148,000, 72% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. 25% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
12% of residents are immigrants
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (66%) and in the Americas (16%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 71% of Canadian towns. 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Carlisle.
33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (3.9%), Carlisle is below 72% of Canadian towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Indigenous residents: 0.8% of the total.
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 5.9% speak French as well
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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.9% of residents speak English and French in Carlisle. Residents whose mother tongue is French account for 1%.
In Carlisle, 33% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 6.7%, against 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
In its size band (7,015 to 7,307), the 14th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Edgeley, at 31.2; the oldest, Fairwinds, is at 61.6. The closest ages to Carlisle’s belong to North River Heights (44.6), Midnapore (45.1), Athabasca County (47.6) and Concord (47.7).
Of the 6 towns nearest Carlisle, 1 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 7,161 | — | 46.5 | 18% | 12% |
| Freelton | 2,724 | 3.7 km | 45.7 | 19% | 13% |
| Waterdown | 23,858 | 9.6 km | 37.4 | 12% | 21% |
| Colborne | 7,447 | 13.0 km | 47.3 | 20% | 15% |
| York Road | 4,931 | 13.9 km | 45.9 | 22% | 17% |
| Burlington | 197,737 | 14.5 km | 44.4 | 21% | 26% |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 15.2 km | 46.5 | 19% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Carlisle’s residents
What is the average age in Carlisle?
Half the residents are older than 46.5 and half younger, older than 75% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Carlisle bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Carlisle?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 12%. A visible minority makes up 3.9% and Indigenous residents 0.8%.
What religion are people in Carlisle?
Most often Christian (66%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 1.4%.
Is Carlisle good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 71% of households and one-parent families 4.9%. Schools near Carlisle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carlisle?
Median total household income in Carlisle was $148,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Carlisle?
The 2021 Census counted 7,161 people in Carlisle.
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).