Older than 87% of Canadian towns: half of Turnball is over 50.8
Recent arrivals are nearly one in ten immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 98% of Canadian towns: 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Turnball had 6,312 residents in 2,525 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 10% of households rent their home.
What stands out about the people of Turnball
Older than most towns
Half of Turnball’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Turnball sits above 88% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
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.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Turnball has 14%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Turnball, 50.8. 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.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone. The share of one-parent families stands at 7.7%.
Turnball sits above 90% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (58%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, Turnball has 6.6%. Single and never married: 22% of adults, against a typical 27%.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 81% of Canadian towns: 12%
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
Here 74% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%.
A median household income of $126,400 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; Turnball’s, at $126,400, is 47% higher. Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
21% of residents are immigrants, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (61%), then in Asia (22%). Against that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. 4.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%.
36% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 54% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (3.2%). Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 0.3% here, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. Visible minority residents make up 10%, against 15% across Canada’s towns.
9.1% of residents speak English and French, a share 58% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Locally, 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Turnball ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 52%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 1.4%, against 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 52%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 52%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 28% are 65 or over.
In its size band (6,213 to 6,421), the 4th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 31.3 in The Orchards At Ellerslie to 60 in Peachland. By median age, Turnball sits among Bay Roberts (47.2), Fitzroy (48.3), Lanark Highlands (52) and Lac-Brome (58).
Turnball is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnball | 6,312 | — | 50.8 | 28% | 21% |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 0.8 km | 46.5 | 19% | 21% |
| Central Business Dis | 6,127 | 2.7 km | 55.7 | 39% | 22% |
| Sulphur Springs | 9,404 | 2.9 km | 50.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Colborne | 7,447 | 3.1 km | 47.3 | 20% | 15% |
| Ainslie Wood West | 3,917 | 3.5 km | 36.2 | 18% | 30% |
| York Road | 4,931 | 4.3 km | 45.9 | 22% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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 Turnball’s residents
Is Turnball good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 7.7%. Schools near Turnball are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Turnball?
The median household in Turnball took in $126,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Turnball?
6,312, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Turnball alone.
What is the average age in Turnball?
A median age of 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 28%.
Is Turnball bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Turnball?
21% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 10% belong to a visible minority and 0.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Turnball?
56% are Christian and 36% have no religion; 7.3% follow another religion.
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).