Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 53.6: Ignace is older than 92% of Canadian towns
The figure for households in single-detached houses is 93% in Ignace and 64% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. Compared with other places, visible minority residents are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. This Ontario town is home to some 1,210 people (July 2025 estimate), in 550 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Ignace
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 18% of residents, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 9.2% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Ignace’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Ignace has changed by ±0%, slower than 75% 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
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count.
More residents aged 65 and over than 90% of Canadian towns: 29%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Ignace has fewer children under 15 than 71% of Canadian towns, at 14%. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Ignace 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.
29% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. One-parent families: nearly a tenth of the total.
Common-law partners make up 18% in Ignace, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 44% in Ignace and 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Ignace, 21% of households rent their home, fewer than in 60% 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
14% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 11% predate 1961, 1.8% date from 2001 or later.
$69,000 a year: the median household income
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; Ignace’s, at $69,000, is 20% lower. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
7.1% of residents are immigrants
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (53%) and in the Americas (18%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are just over one in ten immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Ignace sits above 96% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (18%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion; across Canada’s towns the figure is 35%. Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Ignace ranks above 74% of Canadian towns on residents whose mother tongue is French: 6.6%
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
At home: English 96%, French 2.5%. More bilingual residents than in 64% of Canadian towns: 12%. The wider picture: 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Ignace ranks below 75% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 17%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 14% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 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
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 45%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Ignace
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Ignace with figures are 73–116 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignace | 1,210 | — | 53.6 | 29% | 7.1% |
| Atikokan | 2,796 | 72.9 km | 51.6 | 27% | 5.2% |
| Sioux Lookout | 6,122 | 78.5 km | 38 | 14% | 6.3% |
| Lac Seul 28 | 1,076 | 92.4 km | 25.6 | 6.8% | 0% |
| Dryden | 7,808 | 93.4 km | 48 | 24% | 6.1% |
| Machin | 1,060 | 116.3 km | 53.6 | 27% | 9.7% |
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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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 Ignace’s residents
How diverse is Ignace?
Immigrants make up 7.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.2% are members of a visible minority, and 18% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ignace?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 2.9%.
Is Ignace good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 52% of households are couple families and 8.2% one-parent families. Schools near Ignace are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ignace?
$69,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ignace (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Ignace?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,210 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,206 in Ignace, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Ignace?
53.6 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 29%.
Is Ignace bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 12% are. Another 0.4% speak only French and 88% only English, and French is the first language of 6.6%.
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).