Only 11% of households are one person living alone in Highland
Where nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Highland has 9.4%. 6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 6,306 residents in 1,950 households. Here, 17% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Younger than 77% of Canadian towns: half of Highland is under 38
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Locally, nearly a fifth of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Highland, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 95% of Canadian towns: 3.2 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 12% in Highland and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 91% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a third of adults (typical: 27%). On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Highland ranks below 76% of Canadian towns on renter households: 15%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
46% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 3.6% built before 1961. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Highland, 66%.
Median household income: $123,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Highland’s households had a total income above $123,800, 44% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 33% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Highland ranks above 70% of Canadian towns on immigrants: 29%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 15% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. On average, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (49%), then in Asia (33%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 83% of Canadian towns: 22%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (7.4%) and Hindu (2.3%). Higher than in three fifths of Canadian towns: 24% of residents belong to a visible minority. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Highland has 1.4%.
English is the mother tongue of 62%, and 4% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 16% mostly speak another language; 1.9% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 4% of residents speak English and French. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.6%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 59% of Canadian towns, at 32%
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 6.4%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 62%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
9th lowest median age among 41 towns of 6,197 to 6,411
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The Orchards At Ellerslie is the youngest of them at 31.3; Peachland, at 60, the oldest. In age, Highland keeps company with Cherry Hill (35.9), Ste. Anne (38), Pineview (38.1) and Crescent Heights (38.2).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Highland
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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Highland’s residents
How diverse is Highland?
Immigrants make up 29% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 24% are members of a visible minority, and 1.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Highland?
Christian: 65%. No religion: 22%. Another religion: 14%.
Is Highland good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 66% of households are couple families and 12% one-parent families. Schools near Highland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Highland?
$123,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Highland (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Highland?
Highland had 6,306 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Highland?
38 is the median age, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 9.4%.
Is Highland bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.6% grew up with French.
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).