Red Hill sits above 91% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (29%)
In Red Hill, 24% of residents are 65 or over, beside 19% across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 15%. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 4,540 residents in 1,840 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Red Hill
A neighbourhood of high-rises
29% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 26% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Older than 60% of Canadian towns: half of Red Hill is over 43.7
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Children under 15: 17% here and 16% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Red Hill, 43.7. 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bigger households than 54% of Canadian towns: 2.5 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.
In Red Hill, 26% of households are one person living alone.
Red Hill ranks below 61% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 9.4%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law.
Red Hill ranks below 73% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 45%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 15% predate 1961, 0.5% date from 2001 or later. Higher than in 62% of Canadian towns: 32% of households rent their home. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median household income here: $76,700 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $76,700, the middle household in Red Hill earned 11% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. In 2020, 28% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
In Red Hill, 24% of residents are immigrants, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Across Red Hill, 4% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
32% of residents said they have no religion, below 60% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.1%). As a yardstick, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, Red Hill sits lower than 73% of Canadian towns: 1.4%. 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 17% in the neighbourhood.
English is the mother tongue of 68%, and 4.4% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 81%, French 0.4%. Red Hill has fewer bilingual residents than 82% of Canadian towns, at 4.4%. Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 1.2%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 66% of Canadian towns, at 20%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 10%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 47% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 24% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 47% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 16th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Fairfield Park is the youngest of them at 31.6; Caraquet, at 54.4, the oldest. Nearest to Red Hill in age: Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare (42.8), Casselman (43.6), Melville (45.2) and Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu (45.6).
Around Red Hill, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | 4,540 | — | 43.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Vincent | 10,011 | 1.1 km | 39.1 | 18% | 38% |
| Rosedale | 3,070 | 1.4 km | 41.7 | 18% | 14% |
| Glenview West | 3,431 | 1.6 km | 44 | 19% | 20% |
| Corman | 6,566 | 1.7 km | 47.1 | 25% | 32% |
| Albion | 4,585 | 1.8 km | 36.9 | 15% | 24% |
| Bartonville | 4,311 | 2.2 km | 43.1 | 18% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Red Hill’s residents
What is the median income in Red Hill?
$76,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Red Hill (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Red Hill?
Red Hill had 4,540 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Red Hill?
43.7 is the median age, older than 60% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 24%.
Is Red Hill bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.4% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Red Hill?
Immigrants make up 24% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 17% are members of a visible minority, and 1.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Red Hill?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 32%. Another religion: 5.4%.
Is Red Hill good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 47% of households are couple families and 15% one-parent families. Schools near Red Hill are on its Schools page.
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).