Photo: P199 · Public domainA median age of 56.4: Huron Shores is older than 96% of Canadian towns
Where 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Huron Shores has 11%. Its population is up 12% on 2016. For Huron Shores, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.3%. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 6.6% here, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Huron Shores
Older than most towns
Line Huron Shores’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 56.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Huron Shores went from 1,664 people in 2016 to 1,860 in 2021, +12%: faster growth than in 87% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, Huron Shores outgrew 87% of Canadian towns: +12%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Canadian towns, at 30%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, Huron Shores sits lower than 83% of Canadian towns: 13%. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
Huron Shores households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Huron Shores comes in at 5.4%. Census figures put one-person households at 27% in the town.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% 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
Never married and not common-law: 18% of adults (typical: 27%). Common-law partners account for 11%. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 97% of Canadian towns: 96%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 33% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later. 15% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The midpoint household income is $67,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. 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; Huron Shores’s, at $67,500, is 22% lower. The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 19% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
5.7% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 3.3%, below 63% of Canadian towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (55%) or in the Americas (40%). Lower than in 79% of Canadian towns: 5.7% of residents are immigrants.
Huron Shores ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 8.4%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 38% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Across Huron Shores, 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority.
4.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
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 95%, French 0.8%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%. Bilingual residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 8.3%.
8.4% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 98% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 17% (typical 9.5%). Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 45% 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. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 30% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 45% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Huron Shores sits below 3 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 16–57 km from Huron Shores.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Shores | 2,030 | — | 56.4 | 30% | 5.7% |
| Thessalon | 1,363 | 15.7 km | 58.8 | 36% | 3% |
| Blind River | 3,692 | 32.3 km | 52.8 | 27% | 4.1% |
| St. Joseph | 1,560 | 54.5 km | 57.2 | 34% | 8.8% |
| Elliot Lake | 12,317 | 55.0 km | 60.4 | 40% | 11% |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | 1,771 | 57.4 km | 45.6 | 20% | 3.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Huron Shores’s residents
What is the average age in Huron Shores?
56.4 is the median age. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 30%.
Is Huron Shores bilingual?
English and French: 8.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 4.6%.
How diverse is Huron Shores?
Immigrants make up 5.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.8% are members of a visible minority, and 8.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Huron Shores?
Christian: 60%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 2.7%.
Is Huron Shores good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 59% of households are couple families and 5.4% one-parent families. Schools near Huron Shores are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Huron Shores?
$67,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Huron Shores (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Huron Shores?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,030 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,860 in Huron Shores, 12% more than 2016.
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).