Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.025% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
33% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Kenora’s population at 15,892 for July 2025. For Kenora, the census puts households in single-detached houses at 77%. The median age in the town is 44.4, higher than in 64% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Kenora
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 25% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 11% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−1% since 2016, a pace below 85% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Kenora: 21% of residents are 65 or over, above 64% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Kenora has 10%. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 8.4% of residents. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kenora, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% 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.
Across Kenora, 8.7% of households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners: 14%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 27% of adults, against a typical 27%. Kenora has fewer married residents 15 and over than 61% of Canadian towns, at 43%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
2.5% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 66% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
9.8% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Census figures put renter households at 27% in Kenora.
$86,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Kenora: half had more than $86,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 20% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Here 1.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. 4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (40%) and in the Americas (29%).
Kenora: 49% of residents said they have no religion, above 86% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
3.2% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Typically, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 7.6% 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
1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Kenora ranks below 60% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 23%
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: 9.9%, beside a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 58%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
12th highest median age among 41 towns of 15,480 to 16,296
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Vieux-Moulin is the oldest at 54.3, Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont the youngest at 32.1. Closest in median age to Kenora are Newtonbrook East (44), Loretteville (44), Corunna (44.8) and High River (44.8).
The towns around Kenora are all older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Kenora has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 63–109 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenora | 15,892 | — | 44.4 | 21% | 4.4% |
| Division No. 1, Unorganized | 1,445 | 63.2 km | 62 | 40% | 7% |
| Kenora, Unorganized | 7,877 | 86.0 km | 54.8 | 28% | 5.6% |
| Machin | 1,060 | 94.6 km | 53.6 | 27% | 9.7% |
| Pinawa | 1,653 | 108.4 km | 60.8 | 41% | 12% |
| Whitemouth | 1,732 | 109.2 km | 48 | 25% | 9.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Kenora’s residents
What is the average age in Kenora?
A median age of 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Kenora bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.6% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Kenora?
4.4% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.2% belong to a visible minority and 25% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Kenora?
48% are Christian and 49% have no religion; 3% follow another religion.
Is Kenora good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 49% of households. One-parent families: 8.7%. Schools near Kenora are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kenora?
The median household in Kenora took in $86,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Kenora?
Kenora had about 15,892 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 14,967, about the same as 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).