Photo: P199 · Public domainBelow 92% of Canadian towns: 8.9% of households rent their home
Just over one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,550 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,290 households. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%. The median age in Horton is 48.8, higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
A +10% change since 2016: Horton grew faster than 82% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%. Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
In Horton, 15% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
In Horton, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Horton, 48.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Horton sits below 70% of Canadian towns for one-person households (22%)
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Horton, 5.4% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Horton ranks above 78% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 55%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. The share of common-law partners stands at 12%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
88% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 24% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$90,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $90,000, the middle household in Horton earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 23% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 72% of Canadian towns: 9%
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 (70%), then in the Americas (10%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 3.1% in Horton.
Only 24% of residents said they have no religion in Horton
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Horton has 0.9%. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 2.8% in Horton, more than in 67% 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
Nearly one in ten residents speak English and French (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). The comparison figure for residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5% across Canada’s towns.
Only 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Horton
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 55%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 23% are 65 or over.
In its size band (3,491 to 3,606), the 6th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Opportunity No. 17 (31.2), at the other Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary (57.6). Nearest to Horton in age: Edwards - Carlsbad Springs (48.4), Kingston (48.4), Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (51.2) and Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola (52.8).
Of the 6 towns nearest Horton, 4 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
Questions about Horton’s residents
What is the population of Horton?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,550 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,182 in Horton, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Horton?
48.8 is the median age, older than 82% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Horton bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9.1% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0% only French; 2.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Horton?
Immigrants make up 3.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% are members of a visible minority, and 11% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Horton?
Christian: 74%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 1.2%.
Is Horton good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 64% of households are couple families and 5.4% one-parent families. Schools near Horton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Horton?
$90,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Horton (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).