Photo: Gogerr · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns: 15%
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 20% in Fruitland. There were 2,460 households in the neighbourhood at the 2021 Census, home to 7,653 people. Here, 34% of residents are immigrants. Renter households are rarer here than in 76% of Canadian towns.
Fruitland sits above 72% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (18%)
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.3% of residents. Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15. With a median age of 40.2, Fruitland is younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, against 18% locally.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fruitland, 40.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 92% of Canadian towns: 3.1 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.
In Fruitland, 7.3% of households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners make up 6.6% in Fruitland, less than in 82% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 26% of adults (typical: 27%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 80% in Fruitland, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 32% date from 2001 or later, 18% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$112,900 a year: where the middle household sits
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Fruitland: half had more than $112,900, 31% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 30% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 57% of Canadian towns: 7.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (45%) or in Europe (41%). Typically, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 23% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Visible minority residents: 29%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With Indigenous residents at 0.3%, Fruitland is behind 92% of Canadian towns on that count. Among other religions: Muslim (11%), Sikh (6.5%) and Hindu (2.9%). The comparison figure for visible minority residents is 15% across Canada’s towns.
58% have English as their mother tongue; 4.4% also speak French
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 4.4% in Fruitland. For Fruitland, the census puts residents whose mother tongue is French at 0.7%.
31% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 9.9% (typical 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
55% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% are 65 or more.
The 11th youngest of 41 towns of 7,494 to 7,808 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans La Broquerie, youngest at 28.6, to Louiseville, oldest at 57.6. N-Section (bramalea) (39.9), Blake-Jones (40), Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights (40.7) and Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (40.8): the towns nearest Fruitland in median age.
The towns around Fruitland are all older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitland | 7,653 | — | 40.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 1.6 km | 49.2 | 27% | 30% |
| Stoney Creek | 3,828 | 2.5 km | 50 | 29% | 26% |
| Poplar Park | 3,031 | 2.6 km | 50.3 | 31% | 34% |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 3.0 km | 43 | 19% | 36% |
| Eastdale | 2,703 | 3.0 km | 44.2 | 22% | 34% |
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 3.0 km | 42.4 | 17% | 35% |
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. 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 Fruitland’s residents
Is Fruitland good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Fruitland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fruitland?
Half of Fruitland’s households had more than $112,900 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Fruitland?
7,653, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Fruitland alone.
What is the average age in Fruitland?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Fruitland bilingual?
English and French: 4.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.7%.
How diverse is Fruitland?
Immigrants: 34% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 29%. Indigenous identity: 0.3%.
What religion are people in Fruitland?
20% said they have no religion and 59% that they are Christian; 22% named another faith.
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).