7% of households rent their home, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents are immigrants in Poplar Park. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 3,031, in 1,060 households. For Poplar Park, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 4.3%. 18% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 89% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Poplar Park
Older than most towns
Line Poplar Park’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50.3; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Poplar Park sits above 93% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 70–74: 7.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put children under 15 at 13% in Poplar Park. With a median age of 50.3, Poplar Park is older than 86% of Canadian towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Poplar Park, 50.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.7 people per household, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 9.4% of households are one-parent families in Poplar Park. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 22%, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Fewer common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns: 5.3%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
55% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Poplar Park ranks above 73% of Canadian towns on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 5.2%
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
The share of households in single-detached houses tops 74% of Canadian towns: 80%. 18% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 8.9% built before 1961.
Median household income here: $100,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Poplar Park had $100,000 before tax, 16% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
34% 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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Europe (75%) or in Asia (15%). 5.6% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
73% said they are Christian and 18% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of Indigenous residents (0.3%), Poplar Park is below 92% of Canadian towns. Among other religions: Muslim (4.1%) and Sikh (2.2%).
53% have English as their mother tongue; 4.4% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 4.4% of residents speak English and French here. 1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. At home, 23% mostly speak another language; 3.2% speak neither English nor French.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
7.2% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
48% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 48%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 31% are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (2,985 to 3,075 people), the 8th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Albany, at 29.9, to Dewdney Place, at 54.7. Closest in median age to Poplar Park are Huntingdon (49.6), Lac-des-Écorces (50), Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot (50.4) and Shippagan (51.2).
No nearby town is as old as Poplar Park
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Park | 3,031 | — | 50.3 | 31% | 34% |
| Eastdale | 2,703 | 0.7 km | 44.2 | 22% | 34% |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 1.2 km | 43 | 19% | 36% |
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 1.4 km | 49.2 | 27% | 30% |
| Riverdale East | 3,416 | 1.4 km | 43.2 | 22% | 42% |
| Lakeshore | 3,127 | 1.7 km | 45.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 1.8 km | 42.4 | 17% | 35% |
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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Poplar Park’s residents
Is Poplar Park bilingual?
English and French: 4.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Poplar Park?
34% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 15% belong to a visible minority and 0.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Poplar Park?
73% are Christian and 18% have no religion; 8.3% follow another religion.
Is Poplar Park good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 57% of households. One-parent families: 9.4%. Schools near Poplar Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Poplar Park?
The median household in Poplar Park took in $100,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Poplar Park?
Poplar Park had 3,031 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Poplar Park?
A median age of 50.3, older than 86% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 31%.
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).