One-person households make up 10% in Eleanor, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Eleanor comes in at 15%. The 2021 Census counted 3,805 residents in 1,155 households. The share of immigrants stands at 35%. Lower than in 99% of Canadian towns: 4.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
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.
Against a figure of 16% across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 in Eleanor comes in at 17%. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are under 39.8, younger than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Eleanor, 39.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 96% of Canadian towns: 3.3 people on average
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.
One-parent families account for 8.7%.
Common-law partners: 4.9%, a lower share than 91% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 53% in Eleanor. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Eleanor, 12% of households rent their home, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
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
Here 90% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. 27% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4.7% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
$118,600 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $118,600, the middle household in Eleanor out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 38%. Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 30% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
35% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 21% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (49%), then in Europe (33%).
Only 21% of residents said they have no religion in Eleanor
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of Indigenous residents (0.8%), Eleanor is below 85% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The share of visible minority residents stands at 36%.
English is the mother tongue of 61%, and 5.1% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.1% of residents speak English and French here. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 0.8%. At home, 19% mostly speak another language; 2.6% speak neither English nor French.
Eleanor ranks above 54% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 29%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 8.6%, beside a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 54%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 54% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 3,728 to 3,881 people: this is the 13th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 32.1 in Clareview Town Centre to 58.4 in Georgian Bay. In age, Eleanor keeps company with Norwood East (39.3), Berrisfield (39.8), Cardston (40.8) and Magrath Heights (41.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Eleanor
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Eleanor’s residents
What religion are people in Eleanor?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 21%. Another religion: 15%.
Is Eleanor good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 63% of households are couple families and 8.7% one-parent families. Schools near Eleanor are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Eleanor?
$118,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Eleanor (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Eleanor?
Eleanor had 3,805 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Eleanor?
39.8 is the median age, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Eleanor bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Eleanor?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 0.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).