A lower share of renter households than 96% of Canadian towns, at 6.8%
12% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%. At the 2021 Census, 2,646 people lived in Westmeria, in 875 households. Residents with no religion: 17% of the total. Few places have as many immigrants: 35% here, more than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24
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.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westmeria, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Westmeria, 14% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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.
In Westmeria the average household is 3 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Westmeria sits below 88% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (5.6%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 29% of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 55% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 53% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Nearly one in ten homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 2.8% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $113,400 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
Westmeria’s median household took in $113,400 before tax, 32% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.2%, a lower share than 80% 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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are one in ten immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 6.3% of the total. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents make up 27% in Westmeria, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (12%), Sikh (3.1%) and Hindu (2.9%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 2.3%.
58% have English as their mother tongue; 4.5% also speak French
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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 4.5% of residents speak English and French here. The census found that 0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Westmeria.
29% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 6.5% (typical 9.5%). Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 31 (La Ronge) to 67.7 (Brockville) across the group. Nearest to Westmeria in age: Emerson-Franklin (42), Saint-Léonard-d'Aston (42.4), Tsawwassen (42.8) and Saint-Martin (42.8).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Westmeria
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmeria | 2,646 | — | 42.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 0.7 km | 43 | 19% | 36% |
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 1.5 km | 49.2 | 27% | 30% |
| Poplar Park | 3,031 | 1.8 km | 50.3 | 31% | 34% |
| Lakeshore | 3,127 | 2.4 km | 45.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 2.5 km | 41.4 | 18% | 35% |
| Eastdale | 2,703 | 2.5 km | 44.2 | 22% | 34% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Westmeria’s residents
What is the average age in Westmeria?
42.4 is the median age, older than 52% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Westmeria bilingual?
English and French: 4.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.8%.
How diverse is Westmeria?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 27% are members of a visible minority, and 2.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Westmeria?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 17%. Another religion: 21%.
Is Westmeria 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 Westmeria are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westmeria?
$113,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Westmeria (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Westmeria?
Westmeria had 2,646 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).