Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Havelock is over 54.4, older than 94% of Canadian towns
The figure for renter households is 11% in Havelock and 25% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 5,663 for July 2025. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 85% of Canadian towns: 7.7%. Every figure here is for Havelock-Belmont-Methuen as a whole, the municipality Havelock belongs to.
What stands out about the people of Havelock
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Havelock is 54.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Havelock went from 4,530 people in 2016 to 5,083 in 2021, +12%: faster growth than in 88% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +12% change since 2016: Havelock grew faster than 88% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Canadian towns: 30%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 12% of residents are under 15 here. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Havelock, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6% of households are one-parent families here. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in Havelock.
In Havelock, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Havelock has 12%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 94% in Havelock, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
29% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%.
Household income, middle of the range: $71,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Havelock’s, at $71,000, is 17% lower. The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
7% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 7% of residents are immigrants here. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.4% in Havelock.
Havelock ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 44%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Here, 3.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
95% have English as their mother tongue; 3% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At 0.8%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns. On bilingual residents, Havelock sits lower than 94% of Canadian towns: 3%.
Havelock sits below 92% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (12%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 15% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
43% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 43%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 5th of 41 towns of 5,566 to 5,761 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Montcalm, at 27.8; the oldest, Osoyoos, is at 63.2. Closest in median age to Havelock are Shediac (51.2), Gananoque (53.2), Seguin (54.8) and Duncan (55.6).
Older than Havelock: 2 of the 3 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havelock | 5,663 | — | 54.4 | 30% | 7% |
| Norwood | 5,308 | 11.3 km | 46 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Campbellford | 15,103 | 15.8 km | 55.2 | 31% | 9.2% |
| Marmora | 4,761 | 16.0 km | 56 | 30% | 8.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Havelock’s residents
What is the median income in Havelock?
The median household in Havelock took in $71,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Havelock?
Havelock had about 5,663 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,083, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Havelock?
A median age of 54.4, older than 94% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 30%.
Is Havelock bilingual?
English and French: 3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 97%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.8%.
How diverse is Havelock?
7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2% belong to a visible minority and 3.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Havelock?
55% are Christian and 44% have no religion; 1.4% follow another religion.
Is Havelock good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near Havelock are on its Schools page.
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).