Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn Shaver, 9.7% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns
One-parent families make up 13%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. In Shaver, 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 2,882 residents and 1,055 households in the neighbourhood.
Half of Shaver is under 37.6, younger than 79% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 17% in Shaver.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Shaver, 37.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.7 people per household, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-person households (21%), Shaver is below 72% of Canadian towns.
In Shaver, 8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Only 11% of households rent their home in Shaver
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
68% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.9% built before 1961. Fewer households in single-detached houses than in 71% of Canadian towns: 48%. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $123,400 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $123,400, the middle household in Shaver out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 43%. Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 30% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 88% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
Immigrants: 26% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 9%.
More visible minority residents than 67% of Canadian towns: 30%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (8.2%) and Hindu (3%). Lower than in 63% of Canadian towns: 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity. The comparison figure for visible minority residents is 15% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 72%, and 6.4% 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
Shaver sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 1% speak neither English nor French.
Shaver ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 47%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 1.8%, beside a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 65%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 2,845 to 2,918 people, the 7th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 30 (McKernan) up to 61.2 (Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part). Next to Shaver on this scale come Tipaskan (35.5), Regent Park (37), Bridgeport North (37.8) and Grassie (38.5).
Every nearby town is older than Shaver
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaver | 2,882 | — | 37.6 | 9.7% | 26% |
| Leeming | 2,849 | 1.0 km | 48.2 | 25% | 14% |
| Spring Valley | 4,175 | 1.3 km | 46.9 | 24% | 21% |
| Garner | 5,456 | 2.5 km | 42 | 20% | 24% |
| Marritt | 2,759 | 3.6 km | 38.7 | 14% | 37% |
| Oakes | 4,048 | 4.2 km | 44.9 | 17% | 32% |
| Sulphur Springs | 9,404 | 4.3 km | 50.2 | 27% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Shaver’s residents
What is the median income in Shaver?
Half of Shaver’s households had more than $123,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Shaver?
The 2021 Census counted 2,882 people in Shaver.
What is the average age in Shaver?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 79% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 9.7% 65 or older.
Is Shaver bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Shaver?
Immigrants: 26% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 30%. Indigenous identity: 1.9%.
What religion are people in Shaver?
24% said they have no religion and 62% that they are Christian; 15% named another faith.
Is Shaver good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 13%. Schools near Shaver 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).