A lower share of one-person households than 96% of Canadian towns, at 11%
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.8%, Rushdale is behind 84% of Canadian towns on that count. Residents with no religion account for 24%. Compared with other places, immigrants are common here: 31%, more than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 5,154 residents and 1,625 households here.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
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 median age in Rushdale is 42.8, higher than in 54% of Canadian towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.6% of residents. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; here, 20%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rushdale, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3.1 people per household, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Rushdale has 12%.
In Rushdale, 4.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 93% 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%). At 54%, the share of married residents 15 and over is higher than in 74% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
16% of households rent their home, below 72% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 76% of households live in a single-detached house.
The middle household earns $116,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Rushdale: half had more than $116,500, 35% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. 30% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
31% 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 Asia (48%) or in Europe (23%). Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 21% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.2% of residents.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 74% of Canadian towns, at 36%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (7.9%). The comparison figure for visible minority residents is 15% across Canada’s towns. 0.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a lower share than in 85% of Canadian towns.
66% have English as their mother tongue; 4.5% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.8%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 81% of Canadian towns: 4.5%. 15% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2% speak neither official language.
29% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 54% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.3% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 53% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 53%; 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The group spans River-Osborne, youngest at 31.6, to Saint-Donat, oldest at 60.4. Nearest to Rushdale in age: Kneehill County (41.6), Antigonish (42), Montréal-Ouest (43.2) and Lake Echo (43.6).
Rushdale is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
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. 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Rushdale’s residents
How diverse is Rushdale?
Immigrants make up 31% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 0.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Rushdale?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 14%.
Is Rushdale good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 61% of households are couple families and 12% one-parent families. Schools near Rushdale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rushdale?
$116,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Rushdale (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Rushdale?
Rushdale had 5,154 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Rushdale?
42.8 is the median age, older than 54% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Rushdale bilingual?
English and French: 4.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.8%.
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).