A lower share of one-person households than 97% of Canadian towns, at 10%
Here 13% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 19%. There were 745 households in Jerome at the 2021 Census, home to 2,820 people. In Jerome, 23% of residents said they have no religion. With a median age of 37.6, Jerome is younger than 79% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Jerome
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Households average 3.6 people, and 15% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 58%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 39%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of Canadian towns: 16%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Here 21% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Jerome, 37.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 98% of Canadian towns: 3.6 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.
15% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
3.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 95% 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
Single and never married: nearly a third of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Households in single-detached houses make up 80% in Jerome, more than in 73% 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
Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home; in Jerome, 23%. Newer homes outnumber old: 51% date from 2001 or later, 1.3% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $114,100 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Jerome: half had more than $114,100, 33% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 38% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
39% of residents are immigrants, a share 83% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Recent arrivals are 18% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 17% across Canada’s towns. Here, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Visible minority residents make up 58% in Jerome, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (17%), Hindu (3.1%), Buddhist (2.7%) and Sikh (2.2%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
52% have English as their mother tongue; 5% 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
0.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 24% mostly speak another language; 4.1% speak neither English nor French. On bilingual residents, Jerome sits lower than 74% of Canadian towns: 5%.
30% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 55% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
13% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 55%
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.
At 55%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 13% are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 5th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Rosthern No. 403 (33.6) and the oldest Saint-Michel-des-Saints (58.8). Next to Jerome on this scale come Downtown West End (36.4), Vernon River (37.2), Bridgeport North (37.8) and Grassie (38.5).
Older than Jerome: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome | 2,820 | — | 37.6 | 13% | 39% |
| Crerar | 2,877 | 0.9 km | 39.1 | 16% | 40% |
| Greeningdon | 3,296 | 0.9 km | 40.6 | 20% | 32% |
| Bruleville | 4,310 | 1.2 km | 41 | 20% | 29% |
| Rolston | 6,124 | 1.4 km | 38.4 | 19% | 34% |
| Gourley | 5,271 | 1.4 km | 39.5 | 13% | 34% |
| Balfour | 4,171 | 1.6 km | 36.5 | 16% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Jerome’s residents
How diverse is Jerome?
Immigrants: 39% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 58%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Jerome?
23% said they have no religion and 51% that they are Christian; 26% named another faith.
Is Jerome good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 15%. Schools near Jerome are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Jerome?
Half of Jerome’s households had more than $114,100 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Jerome?
2,820, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Jerome alone.
What is the average age in Jerome?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 79% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Is Jerome bilingual?
English and French: 5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
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).