Macassa is older than 92% of Canadian towns: a median age of 53.2
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Macassa. The neighbourhood counted 2,584 residents and 1,095 households at the 2021 Census. Here, a fifth of households live in a building of five or more storeys. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 41% here, more than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Macassa
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Macassa is 53.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 34% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
34% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15 make up 11%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Macassa, 53.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 89% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.1 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. 8.1% of households are one-parent families. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Macassa sits below 70% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (39%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. On common-law partners, Macassa sits lower than 69% of Canadian towns: 8.4%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Macassa ranks above 73% of Canadian towns on renter households: 39%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
58% of homes were built before 1961 and 0.9% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%. There is little gap on households in single-detached houses: 64%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $72,100 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Macassa’s, at $72,100, is 16% lower. Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 13% in Macassa, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 21% in Macassa. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 7.9% of the total.
Visible minority residents: 18%, a higher share than 54% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Macassa, 2.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Visible minority residents make up 15% across Canada’s towns.
80% have English as their mother tongue; 3.6% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.9% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 90% of Canadian towns: 3.6%. At home: English 89%, French 0.2%.
21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 65% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
12% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
50% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 34% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 50% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 2,532 to 2,642 people: this is the 8th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 32.7 in City Commercial Core to 67.7 in Brockville. East Preston (50.7), Roberval (53), Gracefield (54.8) and Division No. 7, Subdivision E (55.2): the towns nearest Macassa in median age.
No nearby town is as old as Macassa
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macassa | 2,584 | — | 53.2 | 34% | 21% |
| Hampton Heights | 3,498 | 0.4 km | 43.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Burkholme | 3,580 | 0.9 km | 40 | 21% | 30% |
| Raleigh | 7,113 | 1.0 km | 42.7 | 19% | 18% |
| Lawfield | 6,021 | 1.3 km | 45.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Eastmount | 4,496 | 1.5 km | 40 | 17% | 17% |
| Berrisfield | 3,773 | 1.5 km | 39.8 | 19% | 24% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Macassa’s residents
What is the population of Macassa?
2,584, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Macassa alone.
What is the average age in Macassa?
The median age is 53.2, older than 92% of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 34% 65 or older.
Is Macassa bilingual?
English and French: 3.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
How diverse is Macassa?
Immigrants: 21% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 18%. Indigenous identity: 2.1%.
What religion are people in Macassa?
41% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 5.7% named another faith.
Is Macassa good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 41% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Macassa are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Macassa?
Half of Macassa’s households had more than $72,100 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $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).