Gurnett sits above 96% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (14%)
Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 90% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put Gurnett’s population at 4,582, in 1,540 households. Across Gurnett, 36% of residents are immigrants. Of the immigrants living here, 13% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
A median age of 40.9: Gurnett is younger than 57% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.8% of residents. Among Ontario’s towns, Northern Bruce Peninsula has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 41%. Children under 15: 16%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Gurnett, 40.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 15% in Gurnett, less than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
5.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 87% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 3.6%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
5.5% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 3.2% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home; in Gurnett, 22%.
Median household income: $108,200 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $108,200, the middle household in Gurnett out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 26%. Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 30% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Below 94% of Canadian towns: 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (39%) and in Europe (35%). By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 4.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Gurnett.
More visible minority residents than 73% of Canadian towns: 36%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents make up 0.2%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Residents with no religion: 30% of the total.
63% have English as their mother tongue; 5.1% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Gurnett has 5.1%. 15% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.7% speak neither official language. At 1.2%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is lower than in 62% of Canadian towns.
33% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 62% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
7.8% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 54%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 54%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 19% of residents are 65 or over.
The 18th youngest of 41 towns of 4,486 to 4,675 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Fairfield Park, at 31.6; the oldest, Shelburne, is at 54.4. The towns whose median age is nearest to Gurnett’s: Eastmount (40), Crossroads (40.3), Saint-Anselme (41.2) and Saint-Antonin (41.2).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Gurnett
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
- 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. 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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 Gurnett’s residents
What religion are people in Gurnett?
Most often Christian (58%) or no religion (30%); other religions make up 12%.
Is Gurnett good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 58% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Gurnett are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gurnett?
Median total household income in Gurnett was $108,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Gurnett?
Gurnett had 4,582 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Gurnett?
Half the residents are older than 40.9 and half younger, younger than 57% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is Gurnett bilingual?
English and French: 5.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Gurnett?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 36%. A visible minority makes up 36% and Indigenous residents 0.2%.
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).