Photo: Joey Coleman from Hamilton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0More renter households than 92% of Canadian towns: 62%
With a median age of 36.6, Gibson is younger than 84% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 7,581, in 3,230 households. Locally, 29% of residents are immigrants. 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 37% here.
What stands out about the people of Gibson
A neighbourhood of renters
62% of households rent their home, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 59% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 40%, more than in 88% of Canadian towns, and 14% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 14%, a lower share than 79% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Gibson has 18%. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Gibson, 36.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Above 96% of Canadian towns: 14% of households are one-parent families
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
40% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people. Shared houses stand out: 7.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 90% of Canadian towns.
25% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 43% of adults, beside a typical 27%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 13% of the total.
Gibson sits above 84% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (17%)
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
With households in single-detached houses at 35%, Gibson is behind 81% of Canadian towns on that count. Older homes outnumber new: 69% predate 1961, 0.6% date from 2001 or later.
$55,400 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Gibson had $55,400 before tax, 36% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 37% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 76% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Gibson, 11%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (32%) and in Europe (23%).
Gibson: 42% of residents said they have no religion, above 71% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (7.7%).
English is the mother tongue of 72%, and 6.3% speak French as well
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
At home: English 81%, French 0.6%. Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Gibson comes in at 6.3%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 67% of Canadian towns: 20%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
43% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 14% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 43% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
4th lowest median age among 41 towns of 7,411 to 7,760
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 31.8 (Blairmore Suburban Centre) up to 57.6 (Louiseville). Closest in median age to Gibson are Ambleside (34.4), Landsdale (36.5), Altadore (37) and University (37.4).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Gibson
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Gibson’s residents
What is the population of Gibson?
7,581, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Gibson alone.
What is the average age in Gibson?
A median age of 36.6, younger than 84% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is Gibson bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Gibson?
29% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 37% belong to a visible minority and 4.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Gibson?
44% are Christian and 42% have no religion; 15% follow another religion.
Is Gibson good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 31% of households. One-parent families: 14%. Schools near Gibson are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gibson?
The median household in Gibson took in $55,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).