Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Hanover sits above 92% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)
Of the immigrants living here, 13% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. About 8,723 people lived in Hanover in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Locally, 3.8% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. The median age locally is 49.2, higher than in 83% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Hanover
Many older residents
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 9.5% are 80 or over, and 33% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +4% since 2016 leaves Hanover behind 53% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 66% of Canadian towns: 9.9%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 65–69: 7.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hanover, 49.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 73% of Canadian towns, at 33%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone. Here, 8.6% of households are one-parent families.
Couples: 57% of residents 15 and over
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 24% of adults (typical: 27%). Locally, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
36% of households rent their home, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 32% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later. Single-detached houses hold 64% of households, more than in 50% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 3.8%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
The median household brings in $69,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $69,000, the middle household in Hanover earned 20% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 23% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
6.2% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (65%) or in the Americas (16%). 1.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 83% of Canadian towns. Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 6.2% of residents are immigrants in Hanover.
38% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails just over three quarters of Canadian towns: 3.2%. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Indigenous residents: 1.8% of the total.
95% have English as their mother tongue; 4.1% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.6% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 85% of Canadian towns: 4.1%.
11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 94% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
15% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 50% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 50%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 30% are 65 or over.
41 towns of 8,523 to 8,932 people: this is the 8th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Iqaluit, youngest at 32.8, to Renfrew, oldest at 54. Kapuskasing (48.4), Puslinch (49.2), Electoral Area F, Nanaimo (49.6) and Trail (49.6): the towns nearest Hanover in median age.
Around Hanover, 1 of 3 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Hanover’s residents
Is Hanover good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 51% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near Hanover are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hanover?
Half of Hanover’s households had more than $69,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Hanover?
About 8,723, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,967 people in Hanover, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Hanover?
The median age is 49.2, older than 83% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 30% 65 or older.
Is Hanover bilingual?
English and French: 4.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Hanover?
Immigrants: 6.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.2%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in Hanover?
38% said they have no religion and 61% that they are Christian; 1.3% named another faith.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).