A smaller share of children under 15 than 85% of Canadian towns: 12%
One-parent families are more common here than in 89% of Canadian towns. There were 1,525 households in Glenview West at the 2021 Census, home to 3,431 people. Census figures put residents with no religion at 39% locally. Of the immigrants living here, 22% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9% in Glenview West, less than in 80% 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.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 44, Glenview West is older than 62% of Canadian towns. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a fifth of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Glenview West, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Glenview West ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 32%
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Glenview West sits below 69% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (39%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. 30% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 12%, a higher share than 81% 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
9.3% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Older homes outnumber new: 66% predate 1961, 0.6% date from 2001 or later. Single-detached houses hold 70% of households, more than in 58% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 12%.
Median household income: $77,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Glenview West’s households had a total income below $77,200, 10% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A higher share of immigrants than 56% of Canadian towns, at 20%
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (54%), then in Asia (28%). 10% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of residents without Canadian citizenship here, 5.3%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Locally, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 77%, and 5.2% 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, 8.9% mostly speak another language; 1.6% speak neither English nor French. Fewer bilingual residents than in 72% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. Glenview West sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 77% of Canadian towns: 17%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 10% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 57% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 21st oldest of 41 towns of 3,374 to 3,498 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, at 32.8, to Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap, at 61.2. Closest in median age to Glenview West are Virginia Park (43.8), Hampton Heights (43.8), Delwood (44.3) and Coach Hill (44.7).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Glenview West
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenview West | 3,431 | — | 44 | 19% | 20% |
| Normanhurst | 3,260 | 0.8 km | 43.4 | 17% | 14% |
| Bartonville | 4,311 | 1.0 km | 43.1 | 18% | 15% |
| Rosedale | 3,070 | 1.2 km | 41.7 | 18% | 14% |
| Mcquesten West | 6,349 | 1.3 km | 38.4 | 15% | 22% |
| Red Hill | 4,540 | 1.6 km | 43.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Corman | 6,566 | 1.7 km | 47.1 | 25% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
Questions about Glenview West’s residents
What is the average age in Glenview West?
A median age of 44, older than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Glenview West bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.2% are. Another 0.4% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 2.2%.
How diverse is Glenview West?
20% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 15% belong to a visible minority and 3.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Glenview West?
57% are Christian and 39% have no religion; 3.9% follow another religion.
Is Glenview West good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 45% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Glenview West are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glenview West?
The median household in Glenview West took in $77,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Glenview West?
The 2021 Census counted 3,431 people in Glenview West.
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).