Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 89% of Canadian towns: 91% of households live in a single-detached house
At 2.8 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 50,686 residents; the 2021 Census found 15,705 households. Here, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Innisfil
Growing faster than most
Innisfil went from 36,566 people in 2016 to 43,326 in 2021, +19%: faster growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +19% change since 2016: Innisfil grew faster than 95% 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
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 17%.
Children under 15 make up 17% in Innisfil, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
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 8.4% of residents. With a median age of 42, Innisfil is younger than 51% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Innisfil, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Innisfil
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, 8% of households are one-parent families. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%.
More married residents 15 and over than 59% of Canadian towns: 49%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law here. Singles who have never married make up 25% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
14% of households rent their home, below 77% 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
36% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 13% built before 1961. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. Innisfil has more households in buildings of five or more storeys than 62% of Canadian towns, at 1.2%.
Before tax, the median household income is $101,000 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; Innisfil’s, at $101,000, is 17% higher. Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 33% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A larger share of immigrants than 55% of Canadian towns: 20%
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
Recent arrivals are 15% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (51%) and in Asia (25%). The benchmark for immigrants across Canada’s towns: 17%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 55% of Canadian towns: 37%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Locally, 2.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Innisfil sits close to the norm on visible minority residents: 15%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 79%, and 5.3% speak French as well
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 90%, French 0.3%. Innisfil has fewer bilingual residents than 71% of Canadian towns, at 5.3%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 1.1%.
In Innisfil, 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 12%, against 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 58%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 58%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 43,243 to 59,444 people: this is the 19th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Whalley, youngest at 34.9, to Shawinigan, oldest at 54.4. In age, Innisfil keeps company with Timmins (42), Rouyn-Noranda (42), Hurontario (42.2) and Fabreville (42.8).
Older than Innisfil: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Innisfil’s residents
What religion are people in Innisfil?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 5.9%.
Is Innisfil good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 58% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Innisfil are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Innisfil?
$101,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Innisfil (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Innisfil?
Statistics Canada estimates 50,686 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 43,326 in Innisfil, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Innisfil?
42 is the median age, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Innisfil bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Innisfil?
Immigrants make up 20% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 15% are members of a visible minority, and 2.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).