15% of households are one person living alone, below 90% of Canadian towns
Renter households are rarer here than in 76% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 6,690 residents and 2,265 households in Industrial. In Industrial, a fifth of residents said they have no religion. With immigrants at 28%, Industrial is ahead of 69% of Canadian towns on that count.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 75% of Canadian towns: 15%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 18% in Industrial. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Industrial, 39.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Industrial households average 3 people, larger than in 89% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Industrial has 9.5%.
6.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 80% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 55% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Industrial: 75% of households live in a single-detached house, above 65% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 53% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.2%.
Households here have a median income of $120,800 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
The middle household in Industrial had $120,800 before tax, 40% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 31% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (45%) and in Asia (39%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: just over a fifth of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
A higher share of visible minority residents than 60% of Canadian towns, at 23%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (5.6%), Sikh (5%) and Hindu (2.5%). Industrial has fewer Indigenous residents than 90% of Canadian towns, at 0.5%. Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
69% have English as their mother tongue; 4.1% 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
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is French is 0.4% in Industrial and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. At home, 12% mostly speak another language; 1.3% speak neither English nor French. Fewer bilingual residents than in 85% of Canadian towns: 4.1%.
34% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
8.3% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
62% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
At 62%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 19th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 27.2 (Rhineland) up to 61.6 (Southern Gulf Islands). Closest in median age to Industrial are Abbeydale (38.8), Anniedale (39.3), Bonnie Doon (40.5) and Barnstown (41.5).
Industrial sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | 6,690 | — | 39.7 | 15% | 28% |
| Fifty Point | 3,690 | 1.9 km | 36.8 | 8.8% | 30% |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 2.1 km | 41.4 | 18% | 35% |
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 4.1 km | 42.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 4.7 km | 43 | 19% | 36% |
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 5.5 km | 49.2 | 27% | 30% |
| Lakeshore | 3,127 | 5.6 km | 45.7 | 27% | 27% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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 publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Industrial’s residents
What religion are people in Industrial?
65% are Christian and 20% have no religion; 15% follow another religion.
Is Industrial good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 62% of households. One-parent families: 9.5%. Schools near Industrial are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Industrial?
The median household in Industrial took in $120,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Industrial?
Industrial had 6,690 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Industrial?
A median age of 39.7, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Industrial bilingual?
English and French: 4.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 95%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.4%.
How diverse is Industrial?
28% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 23% belong to a visible minority and 0.5% have an Indigenous identity.
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).