Below 89% of Canadian towns: 16% of households are one person living alone
Households in single-detached houses: 79%, above 72% of Canadian towns. Compared with other places, immigrants are common here: 24%, more than in 62% of Canadian towns. Garner had 5,456 residents in 1,910 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 18% of residents are under 15.
20% of residents are 65 or over, a share 55% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 11%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 42, Garner is younger than just over half of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Garner, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Garner households average 2.8 people, larger than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 8.1%.
Common-law partners: 6.4%, a lower share than 84% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
15% of households rent their home, below 74% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly two in five homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 26% built before 1961. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$139,800 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Garner: half had more than $139,800, 63% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 7.8%, a higher share than 60% of Canadian towns
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (39%) or in Asia (38%). The comparison figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8% across Canada’s towns. 11% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are just over a fifth of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1.6% of residents.
Visible minority residents: 21%, a higher share than 57% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Garner, 33% of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
76% have English as their mother tongue; 5.2% also speak French
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
Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue; in Garner, 0.5%. At home, 9.5% mostly speak another language; 1.4% speak neither English nor French. Fewer bilingual residents than in 72% of Canadian towns: 5.2%.
47% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 81% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.7% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
59% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. 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, 16th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Chisasibi, youngest at 26.6, to Electoral Area L, Cariboo, oldest at 60. The towns whose median age is nearest to Garner’s: Saint-Boniface (41.6), Burton (42), Hillview (42.7) and Riverdale (43.2).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Garner
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
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. 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 publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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 Garner’s residents
Is Garner good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 68% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Garner are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Garner?
Median total household income in Garner was $139,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Garner?
Garner had 5,456 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Garner?
Half the residents are older than 42 and half younger, younger than 51% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Garner bilingual?
English and French: 5.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.5%.
How diverse is Garner?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 24%. A visible minority makes up 21% and Indigenous residents 1%.
What religion are people in Garner?
Most often Christian (59%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 8%.
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).