Photo: Huntsville Ontario · CC BY 2.0Huntsville is older than 84% of Canadian towns: a median age of 49.6
Most recent wave: 13% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). In Huntsville, 47% of residents said they have no religion. This Ontario town has more residents aged 65 and over than nearly four fifths of Canadian towns, at 25%. With about 23,948 residents in July 2025, Huntsville counted 8,815 households at the 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Huntsville has grown +7%, faster than 66% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 13%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%.
A smaller share of children under 15 than 77% of Canadian towns: 14%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Huntsville has 9.4%. No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Huntsville, 49.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 53% 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.
The share of one-parent families trails 70% of Canadian towns: 7%. One-person households account for 27%.
Huntsville ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 50%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Huntsville, the census puts common-law partners at 12%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 73% of Canadian towns, at 80%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. At 20%, the share of renter households is lower than in 63% of Canadian towns. Huntsville sits close to the norm on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $83,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. 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, and Huntsville’s, at $83,000, is close to it. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 27% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
7.9% 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
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 2.2% in Huntsville. The town has fewer immigrants than 70% of Canadian towns, at 7.9%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (65%) and in the Americas (19%).
3.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 3.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 6.8% speak French as well
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 home: English 98%, French 0.1%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.3%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 63% of Canadian towns: 22%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 8.7%, against 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 52% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 25% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 52% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (22,890 to 25,057 people), the 3rd oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 32.4 (Fort St. John) to 58 (White Rock) across the group. Saint-Lambert (49.2), Steeles (49.4), Brockville (51.6) and White Rock (58): the towns nearest Huntsville in median age.
The towns around Huntsville are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Huntsville has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–32 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 23,948 | — | 49.6 | 25% | 7.9% |
| Lake of Bays | 4,105 | 15.0 km | 58.4 | 34% | 10% |
| Perry | 2,866 | 24.3 km | 51.6 | 26% | 5.1% |
| Kearney | 1,055 | 30.5 km | 58.4 | 31% | 7.7% |
| Bracebridge | 18,676 | 30.8 km | 51.2 | 28% | 7.4% |
| Armour | 1,698 | 32.1 km | 56.8 | 32% | 8.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Huntsville’s residents
Is Huntsville good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Huntsville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Huntsville?
Half of Huntsville’s households had more than $83,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Huntsville?
About 23,948, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 21,147 people in Huntsville, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Huntsville?
The median age is 49.6, older than 84% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 25% 65 or older.
Is Huntsville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Huntsville?
Immigrants: 7.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.2%. Indigenous identity: 3.5%.
What religion are people in Huntsville?
47% said they have no religion and 52% that they are Christian; 1.5% 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).