Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Kentley sits above 92% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 6.4% in Kentley and 11% across Canada’s towns. Still, with a median age of 48.4, Kentley is older than just over four fifths of Canadian towns. There were 1,770 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 4,007 people. 36% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Kentley
Many older residents
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 9.6% are 80 or over, and 39% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 61% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 42% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
31% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 4% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 15% of residents are under 15 in Kentley
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 65–69: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kentley, 48.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-parent families make up 15% in Kentley, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households tops 87% of Canadian towns: 39%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each.
7.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 76% 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
Never married and not common-law: 30% of adults (typical: 27%). For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. The census found that 37% of residents 15 and over are married in Kentley.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 91% of Canadian towns: 31%
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
9.5% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The share of renter households stands at 61%. Fewer households in single-detached houses than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns: 38%.
Households here have a median income of $54,200 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Kentley’s, at $54,200, is 37% lower. $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 28% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
36% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: 14% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 5.1%.
Kentley ranks below 70% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 28%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Kentley has 28%. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity here.
English is the mother tongue of 58%, and 4.5% speak French as well
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
At home, 24% mostly speak another language; 5.5% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 1.4%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Only 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Kentley
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 20% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 40%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 40%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 30% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 3,944 to 4,084 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Mistissini, at 29, to Okanagan Falls, at 59.2. Nearest to Kentley in age: McCauley (47.5), Lisgar (48.3), Callander (50.4) and Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges (50.4).
Older than Kentley: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentley | 4,007 | — | 48.4 | 30% | 36% |
| Corman | 6,566 | 1.0 km | 47.1 | 25% | 32% |
| Riverdale West | 6,804 | 1.3 km | 38.4 | 17% | 44% |
| Mcquesten West | 6,349 | 1.3 km | 38.4 | 15% | 22% |
| Battlefield | 6,531 | 1.5 km | 53.1 | 32% | 25% |
| Normanhurst | 3,260 | 1.9 km | 43.4 | 17% | 14% |
| Glenview West | 3,431 | 1.9 km | 44 | 19% | 20% |
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. 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. 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 Kentley’s residents
What is the population of Kentley?
4,007, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Kentley alone.
What is the average age in Kentley?
48.4 is the median age, older than 81% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 30%.
Is Kentley bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 90% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Kentley?
Immigrants make up 36% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 28% are members of a visible minority, and 2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Kentley?
Christian: 55%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 17%.
Is Kentley good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 35% of households are couple families and 15% one-parent families. Schools near Kentley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kentley?
$54,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Kentley (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).