Photo: Balcer~commonswiki · CC BY 2.548% of residents said they have no religion, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Of the immigrants living here, 15% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 17% in Ingersoll. Compared with other places, one-parent families are common here: 10%, more than in 75% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 14,911 for July 2025.
A growing town: +7% since 2016, faster than 69% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
A higher share of children under 15 than 72% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.6% of residents. Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15. With a median age of 40.8, Ingersoll is younger than 58% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ingersoll, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 25% in Ingersoll.
Common-law partners: 13%, a higher share than 65% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 24% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. 48% of residents 15 and over are married.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 60% of Canadian towns: 71%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (1.3%), Ingersoll is above 62% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Renter households: 24% of the total.
$88,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Ingersoll’s median household took in $88,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
7.6% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 (58%), then in Asia (23%). Lower than in 71% of Canadian towns: 7.6% of residents are immigrants. Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 2.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Ingersoll.
50% said they are Christian and 48% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 5.5% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 3.8% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 89% of Canadian towns: 3.8%. At home: English 97%, French 0.2%. Ingersoll has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 0.8%.
In Ingersoll, 15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 55%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. 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 17% are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 20th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Chappelle (31.7) and Campbellford (55.2) lies the rest of the group. Next to Ingersoll on this scale come Dupéré (40.8), Limoges (40.8), Carleton Place (41.6) and Lakewood (41.7).
Ingersoll sits below 1 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingersoll | 14,911 | — | 40.8 | 17% | 7.6% |
| South-West Oxford | 8,375 | 9.1 km | 39.6 | 17% | 9.4% |
| Thamesford | 9,755 | 12.8 km | 40.8 | 18% | 6% |
| Dorchester | 15,475 | 14.8 km | 45.2 | 19% | 8.5% |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 16.1 km | 40.8 | 20% | 15% |
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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Ingersoll’s residents
How diverse is Ingersoll?
Immigrants: 7.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5.5%. Indigenous identity: 2.8%.
What religion are people in Ingersoll?
48% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 2.1% named another faith.
Is Ingersoll good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Ingersoll are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ingersoll?
Half of Ingersoll’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Ingersoll?
About 14,911, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 13,693 people in Ingersoll, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ingersoll?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Ingersoll bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
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).