Greeningdon: 15% of households are one-parent families, above 97% of Canadian towns
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 22%, Greeningdon is ahead of 88% of Canadian towns on that count. On the census count, just over a third of residents belong to a visible minority. More immigrants than in 75% of Canadian towns: 32%. The neighbourhood had 3,296 residents in 1,360 households at the 2021 Census.
Younger than 59% of Canadian towns: half of Greeningdon is under 40.6
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Children under 15: 15% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. 30–34 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents. Among Ontario’s towns, Northern Bruce Peninsula has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Greeningdon, 40.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
In Greeningdon, 31% of households are one person living alone, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%.
Greeningdon sits below 69% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (8.4%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 40%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Renter households make up 46% in Greeningdon, more than in 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
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, just over half of households live in a single-detached house in Greeningdon. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 26% of homes were built before 1961 and 0.7% in 2001 or later.
Median household income: $68,800 a year
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
Greeningdon’s median household took in $68,800 before tax, 20% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. 30% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Greeningdon sits above 65% of Canadian towns for residents without Canadian citizenship (9.4%)
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
34% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.2% of residents. The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.9% in Greeningdon.
Fewer residents with no religion than 54% of Canadian towns: 34%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (11%). On average, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Greeningdon sits close to the norm on Indigenous residents: 2.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
64% have English as their mother tongue; 4.5% 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
At home: English 73%, French 0.5%. On bilingual residents, Greeningdon sits lower than 81% of Canadian towns: 4.5%. The neighbourhood sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 86% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
19% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 45% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
45% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 20% are 65 or more.
The 14th youngest of 41 towns of 3,246 to 3,346 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Arviat is the youngest of them at 21.8; Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, at 61.2, the oldest. Nearest to Greeningdon in age: Hazeldean (39.9), Hay River (40.4), Holyrood (40.8) and Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska (41.6).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Greeningdon
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
- 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. 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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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 Greeningdon’s residents
What religion are people in Greeningdon?
Christian: 51%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 15%.
Is Greeningdon good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 41% of households are couple families and 15% one-parent families. Schools near Greeningdon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Greeningdon?
$68,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Greeningdon (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Greeningdon?
The 2021 Census counted 3,296 people in Greeningdon.
What is the average age in Greeningdon?
40.6 is the median age, younger than 59% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Greeningdon bilingual?
English and French: 4.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Greeningdon?
Immigrants make up 32% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 34% are members of a visible minority, and 2.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).