Photo: DouglasGoldman · CC BY-SA 4.0Immigrants: 40%, a higher share than 84% of Canadian towns
Here 41% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. The 2021 Census put Crerar’s population at 2,877, in 1,000 households. Census figures put households in buildings of five or more storeys at 12% here. One-parent families are more common here than in 83% of Canadian towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 14% in Crerar, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
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.
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 18% of residents are under 15 here. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. With a median age of 39.1, Crerar is younger than 70% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Crerar, 39.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women.
Crerar households average 2.9 people, larger than in 86% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households make up 21%, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners: 5.7%, a lower share than 87% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Crerar has 51%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
51% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 68% 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: 44% date from 2001 or later, 4.5% from before 1961. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Renter households make up 26%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $92,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Crerar’s median household took in $92,500 before tax, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 32% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
More residents without Canadian citizenship than 73% of Canadian towns: 12%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Elsewhere, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (49%), then in Europe (34%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 88% of Canadian towns: 19%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (12%). To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns.
55% have English as their mother tongue; 5% 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
At home: English 75%, French 0.2%. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 54%
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 16% of residents are 65 or over.
The 12th youngest of 41 towns of 2,841 to 2,916 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part is the oldest at 61.2, McKernan the youngest at 30. Closest in median age to Crerar are Grassie (38.5), Grant Park (38.6), Saint-Isidore (40.4) and Normanview West (40.6).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Crerar
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crerar | 2,877 | — | 39.1 | 16% | 40% |
| Jerome | 2,820 | 0.9 km | 37.6 | 13% | 39% |
| Barnstown | 6,603 | 1.1 km | 41.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Bruleville | 4,310 | 1.1 km | 41 | 20% | 29% |
| Rushdale | 5,154 | 1.3 km | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Butler | 2,922 | 1.3 km | 39.1 | 13% | 34% |
| Greeningdon | 3,296 | 1.5 km | 40.6 | 20% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
Questions about Crerar’s residents
How diverse is Crerar?
40% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 41% belong to a visible minority and 1.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Crerar?
64% are Christian and 19% have no religion; 17% follow another religion.
Is Crerar good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 11%. Schools near Crerar are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crerar?
The median household in Crerar took in $92,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Crerar?
Crerar had 2,877 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Crerar?
A median age of 39.1, younger than 70% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Crerar bilingual?
English and French: 5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.7%.
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).