Photo: Nhl4hamilton · Public domainMore renter households than 99% of Canadian towns: 81%
The share of children under 15 is 8.3%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put Durand’s population at 13,338, in 8,190 households. Across Durand, 43% of residents said they have no religion. The median age locally is 39, lower than in 70% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Durand
A neighbourhood of renters
81% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 93% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 59%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 20% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 73% of households, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 19% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
20% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.9 times the typical share; 56% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 61% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
20% of residents are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Durand, 39. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
One-person households: 59%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Durand, 5.9% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On average, 1.6 people share a household.
Below 95% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners tops 71% of Canadian towns: 14%. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Durand sits above 98% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (73%)
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
5.7% of households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. Older homes outnumber new: 35% predate 1961, 10% date from 2001 or later.
Before tax, the median household income is $49,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Durand’s households had a total income below $49,000, 43% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 31% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
20% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Recent arrivals are 39% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 19%. Immigrants are more common here than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
In Durand, 32% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (7.4%) and Hindu (3.9%). The share of visible minority residents across Canada’s towns is 15%. 2.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Durand: 9.2% of residents speak English and French, above 59% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 15% mostly speak another language; 2.1% speak neither English nor French. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 80% of Canadian towns, at 46%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
An employment rate of 53%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 53% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 20% of residents are 65 or over.
16th lowest median age among 41 towns of 13,090 to 13,599
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 32 (Redstone) up to 62 (Sidney). By median age, Durand sits among Saint-Jean-Vianney (38), Thornhill Woods (38.6), Ionview (39.3) and Mount Dennis (39.5).
Durand and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durand | 13,338 | — | 39 | 20% | 27% |
| Corktown | 8,952 | 0.9 km | 34.6 | 12% | 33% |
| Kirkendall North | 5,864 | 1.0 km | 38 | 16% | 13% |
| Central | 3,698 | 1.2 km | 39.3 | 18% | 27% |
| Strathcona | 9,348 | 1.3 km | 40.2 | 20% | 30% |
| Centremount | 4,053 | 1.4 km | 40 | 17% | 25% |
| Beasley | 6,338 | 1.6 km | 34.2 | 13% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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. 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. 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 Durand’s residents
What religion are people in Durand?
41% are Christian and 43% have no religion; 16% follow another religion.
Is Durand good for families?
Under 15: 8.3% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 27% of households. One-parent families: 5.9%. Schools near Durand are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Durand?
The median household in Durand took in $49,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Durand?
Durand had 13,338 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Durand?
A median age of 39, younger than 70% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 8.3%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Durand bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 89% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Durand?
27% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 32% belong to a visible minority and 2.9% have an Indigenous identity.
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).