Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer renter households than 83% of Canadian towns: 12%
With a median age of 47.3, Colborne is older than 78% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 7,447 residents in 2,810 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.7% in the neighbourhood. 5.8% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. For Colborne, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Colborne, 47.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 21% in Colborne, less than in 74% of Canadian towns
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.
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The census found that 7.1% of households are one-parent families in Colborne.
Colborne: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 76% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Colborne has 9.2%. A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
86% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 82% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 53% predate 1961, 11% date from 2001 or later. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $121,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Colborne: half had more than $121,000, 41% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 24% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
15% of residents are immigrants
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 (67%) and in Asia (11%). At 1.8%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 78% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Colborne, 15%.
Residents with no religion make up 41% in Colborne, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 67% of Canadian towns: 5.5%. Fewer Indigenous residents than in 79% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. Elsewhere, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 88%, and 6.9% speak French as well
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: English 96%, French 0.1%. Colborne has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 86% of Canadian towns, at 0.7%.
In Colborne, 38% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.9% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Set beside 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 was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 59%.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Blairmore Suburban Centre (31.8) and the oldest Trent Lakes (58). Nearest to Colborne in age: Fairview (45.9), Wainfleet (47.2), Betsworth (47.4) and Hamptons (51.1).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Colborne
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colborne | 7,447 | — | 47.3 | 20% | 15% |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 2.4 km | 46.5 | 19% | 21% |
| York Road | 4,931 | 2.4 km | 45.9 | 22% | 17% |
| Central Business Dis | 6,127 | 2.5 km | 55.7 | 39% | 22% |
| Turnball | 6,312 | 3.1 km | 50.8 | 28% | 21% |
| Ainslie Wood West | 3,917 | 3.9 km | 36.2 | 18% | 30% |
| Ainslie Wood East | 3,112 | 4.6 km | 28.2 | 14% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Colborne’s residents
What is the average age in Colborne?
47.3 is the median age, older than 78% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Colborne bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Colborne?
Immigrants make up 15% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 5.5% are members of a visible minority, and 1.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Colborne?
Christian: 55%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 4.4%.
Is Colborne good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 65% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Colborne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Colborne?
$121,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Colborne (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Colborne?
The 2021 Census counted 7,447 people in Colborne.
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).