Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0More one-parent families than 99% of Canadian towns: 17%
The median age in Gilbert is 37.7, lower than in 78% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 3,181 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 1,080 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 15%. 25% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%).
Children under 15: 19%, a higher share than 78% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
17% of residents are 65 or over (Canada’s towns: 19%). Across the comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Gilbert, 37.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women.
A lower share of one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns, at 15%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.9 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%.
Common-law partners make up 7.9% in Gilbert, less than in 73% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
32% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of renter households than 67% of Canadian towns: 35%
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
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 58% of households live in a single-detached house in Gilbert. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 6.8% of homes were built before 1961 and 4.1% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$88,100 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Gilbert’s median household took in $88,100 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 33% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of immigrants than 77% of Canadian towns, at 34%
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (44%), then in Europe (36%). As a reference point, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. At 9.4%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 10% here and 11% across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents make up 36% in Gilbert, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (7.9%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%. At 1.2%, the share of Indigenous residents is lower than in 77% of Canadian towns.
English is the mother tongue of 63%, and 6.3% speak French as well
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: English 75%, French 0.3%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 67% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Gilbert has 6.3%.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 55% of Canadian towns, at 30%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 11%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 47% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 47%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (3,127 to 3,234), the 4th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Crystallina Nera West (31.7) and Valhalla (66) lies the rest of the group. In age, Gilbert keeps company with Lower Mount Royal (34.1), North Cypress-Langford (37.2), Cedar Hill (38) and St. Clair (38.2).
The towns around Gilbert are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Gilbert’s residents
Is Gilbert bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Gilbert?
Immigrants make up 34% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Gilbert?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 25%. Another religion: 12%.
Is Gilbert good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 53% of households are couple families and 17% one-parent families. Schools near Gilbert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gilbert?
$88,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Gilbert (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Gilbert?
Gilbert had 3,181 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Gilbert?
37.7 is the median age, younger than 78% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 17%.
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).