Photo: Gerhardgehrmann · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Kenora, Unorganized is over 54.8, older than 95% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.9% in Kenora, Unorganized and 11% across Canada’s towns. At 13%, the share of renter households is lower than in four fifths of Canadian towns. With about 7,877 residents in July 2025, Kenora, Unorganized counted 3,275 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 43% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Kenora, Unorganized
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
22% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 9.3% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Kenora, Unorganized is 54.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Kenora, Unorganized went from 6,692 to 7,475 residents (+12%), faster growth than in 87% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +12% change since 2016: Kenora, Unorganized grew faster than 87% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 5%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Kenora, Unorganized ranks above 89% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
In Kenora, Unorganized, 13% of residents are under 15, beside 16% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kenora, Unorganized, 54.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% 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.
In Kenora, Unorganized, 4.9% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 26% of households are one person living alone.
Married residents 15 and over make up 57% in Kenora, Unorganized, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 19% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: just over a tenth of the total.
Kenora, Unorganized sits above 95% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (94%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 18% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 15% built before 1961.
Median household income: $86,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Kenora, Unorganized’s households had a total income above $86,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 17% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
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
Of the immigrants living here, 12% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Census figures put immigrants at 5.6% in Kenora, Unorganized. 2% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 75% of Canadian towns.
Indigenous residents: 22%, a higher share than 97% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 0.7% of residents belong to a visible minority in Kenora, Unorganized. Measured more widely, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.8%
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
Bilingual residents: 6.5% of the total. Elsewhere, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 13% (typical 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 51% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 51%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
2nd highest median age among 41 towns of 7,752 to 8,009
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Minden Hills is the oldest at 58.8, Taber the youngest at 27.4. Next to Kenora, Unorganized on this scale come Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley (54), Baie-Saint-Paul (54.8) and Minden Hills (58.8).
Kenora, Unorganized is older than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Kenora, Unorganized has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–101 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenora, Unorganized | 7,877 | — | 54.8 | 28% | 5.6% |
| Machin | 1,060 | 13.8 km | 53.6 | 27% | 9.7% |
| Dryden | 7,808 | 35.4 km | 48 | 24% | 6.1% |
| Lac Seul 28 | 1,076 | 81.4 km | 25.6 | 6.8% | 0% |
| Kenora | 15,892 | 86.0 km | 44.4 | 21% | 4.4% |
| Sioux Lookout | 6,122 | 101.1 km | 38 | 14% | 6.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town 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 Kenora, Unorganized’s residents
How diverse is Kenora, Unorganized?
Immigrants: 5.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.7%. Indigenous identity: 22%.
What religion are people in Kenora, Unorganized?
43% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 1.4% named another faith.
Is Kenora, Unorganized good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 4.9%. Schools near Kenora, Unorganized are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kenora, Unorganized?
Half of Kenora, Unorganized’s households had more than $86,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Kenora, Unorganized?
About 7,877, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,475 people in Kenora, Unorganized, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kenora, Unorganized?
The median age is 54.8, older than 95% of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 28% 65 or older.
Is Kenora, Unorganized bilingual?
English and French: 6.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 2.8%.
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).