Photo: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domainStinson ranks above 97% of Canadian towns on renter households: 73%
By its share of children under 15 (10%), Stinson is below 95% of Canadian towns. Meanwhile, 14% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a higher share than in 80% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 3,969, in 1,910 households. Residents who moved in within the year: 16% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Stinson
A neighbourhood of renters
73% of households rent their home, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 82% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 15% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Stinson is under 39, younger than 70% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 25–29: 12% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Stinson, 39. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 30% and 9.4%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of Canadian towns.
In Stinson, 22% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, against 15% in Stinson.
22% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 88% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Just over one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The census found that 15% of households live in a single-detached house in Stinson.
The middle household earns $55,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Stinson’s, at $55,000, is 36% lower. Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. In 2020, 35% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
24% of residents are immigrants, a share 63% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (34%) and in Europe (28%). The usual figure: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 43% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
46% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 28% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 5% of the total.
8.5% of residents speak English and French, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
9.2% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.7%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 31% in Stinson, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 15% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 55%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (3,893 to 4,048 people), the 13th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Maple (30.9), at the other Okanagan Falls (59.2). Belmead (38), Bridgeport East (38.7), Auditorium (39.3) and Fairview (39.5): the towns nearest Stinson in median age.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Stinson
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
Questions about Stinson’s residents
What is the average age in Stinson?
The median age is 39, younger than 70% of Canadian towns. 10% are under 15 and 15% 65 or older.
Is Stinson bilingual?
8.5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.7%.
How diverse is Stinson?
Immigrants: 24% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 28%. Indigenous identity: 5%.
What religion are people in Stinson?
46% said they have no religion and 46% that they are Christian; 7.8% named another faith.
Is Stinson good for families?
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 30% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Stinson are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stinson?
Half of Stinson’s households had more than $55,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Stinson?
Stinson had 3,969 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).