A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of Canadian towns, at 15%
Households in Carpenter hold 3.1 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). The neighbourhood had 2,941 residents in 930 households at the 2021 Census. In Carpenter, 12% of residents are 65 or over. Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents said they have no religion.
Younger than 83% of Canadian towns: half of Carpenter is under 36.8
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
15–19 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Carpenter, 36.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Carpenter ranks below 89% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 16%
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 9.1%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns, at 5.2%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 53% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 55% of Canadian towns: 60%
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
Nearly three quarters of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.6% built before 1961. Households in single-detached houses make up 64% across Canada’s towns. At 0.5%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $121,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $121,600, the middle household in Carpenter out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 41%. The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 34% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
In Carpenter, 32% of residents are immigrants, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
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
Most recent wave: 20% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). On residents who moved in within the year, Carpenter sits higher than 73% of Canadian towns: 14%. The wider picture: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Across Carpenter, 6.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
More visible minority residents than 74% of Canadian towns: 36%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for Indigenous residents is 0.7% in Carpenter and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 62%, and 6.1% speak French as well
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
At home: English 79%, French 0.5%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 1.2%, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Carpenter comes in at 6.1%.
Carpenter: 35% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 63% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 4.2%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
6th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,893 to 2,985
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Algonquin Highlands is the oldest at 60.4, Paisley the youngest at 31.7. Closest in median age to Carpenter are Sunnyside (35.1), Scott (36.4), Lauderdale (37.4) and Suder Greens (37.6).
5 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Carpenter
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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. “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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Carpenter’s residents
What is the average age in Carpenter?
A median age of 36.8, younger than 83% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 12%.
Is Carpenter bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Carpenter?
32% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 36% belong to a visible minority and 0.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Carpenter?
63% are Christian and 21% have no religion; 16% follow another religion.
Is Carpenter good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 65% of households. One-parent families: 9.1%. Schools near Carpenter are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carpenter?
The median household in Carpenter took in $121,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Carpenter?
2,941, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Carpenter alone.
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).