5.4% of households rent their home, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,849 residents in 1,085 households. The census found that 3.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Leeming. With a median age of 48.2, Leeming is older than 81% of Canadian towns.
In Leeming, 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Leeming, 48.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 80% of Canadian towns: 19%
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (6.8%), Leeming is below 73% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
62% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 21% of adults, beside a typical 27%. For Leeming, the census puts common-law partners at 5.8%. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 78% of Canadian towns: 84%
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
20% of homes were built before 1961 and 0.9% in 2001 or later. Households in single-detached houses make up 64% across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $142,300 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Leeming’s median household took in $142,300 before tax, 65% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
14% of residents are immigrants
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
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Leeming has 0.3%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (67%) and in the Americas (10%).
31% of residents said they have no religion, below 64% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 7.2% in Leeming. Typically, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
85% have English as their mother tongue; 7% also speak French
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: English 95%, French 0.5%. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9% here, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
Leeming sits above 73% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (41%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Leeming, 41%, and 36% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
An employment rate of 55%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. 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 25% are 65 or over.
In its size band (2,816 to 2,885), the 16th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is McKernan (30), at the other Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (61.2). By median age, Leeming sits among South Keys (46.6), Navan - Sarsfield (46.7), Senneterre (48.8) and Bedford (50.4).
Leeming is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeming | 2,849 | — | 48.2 | 25% | 14% |
| Shaver | 2,882 | 1.0 km | 37.6 | 9.7% | 26% |
| Spring Valley | 4,175 | 1.3 km | 46.9 | 24% | 21% |
| Garner | 5,456 | 1.6 km | 42 | 20% | 24% |
| Marritt | 2,759 | 2.8 km | 38.7 | 14% | 37% |
| Sulphur Springs | 9,404 | 3.3 km | 50.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Oakes | 4,048 | 3.3 km | 44.9 | 17% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Leeming’s residents
Is Leeming good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 69% of households. One-parent families: 6.8%. Schools near Leeming are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Leeming?
The median household in Leeming took in $142,300 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Leeming?
2,849, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Leeming alone.
What is the average age in Leeming?
A median age of 48.2, older than 81% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 25%.
Is Leeming bilingual?
English and French: 7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
How diverse is Leeming?
14% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 7.2% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Leeming?
68% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 1.7% follow another religion.
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).