Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 91% of Canadian towns: 31% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 14% of residents are under 15 here. The 2021 Census counted 5,895 residents in 2,870 households. For Central Frederick, the census puts residents with no religion at 43%. With a median age of 39.5, Central Frederick is younger than 67% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Central Frederick
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 31% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 11% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 18% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
54% of households rent their home, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 63% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of Canadian towns, at 9.2%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 9.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. For Central Frederick, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 18%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Central Frederick, 39.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Central Frederick sits above 91% of Canadian towns for one-person households (42%)
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.
In Central Frederick the average household is 2 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 7.6% locally.
14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Central Frederick comes in at 37%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 54%, a higher share than 88% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 63% predate 1961, 3% date from 2001 or later. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 81% of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $70,700 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Central Frederick’s households had a total income below $70,700, 18% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 28% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 78% of Canadian towns: 15%
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
Immigrants: 19% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (35%) or in Asia (21%). Central Frederick has more residents without Canadian citizenship than just over three fifths of Canadian towns, at 8.1%.
Central Frederick sits above 51% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (17%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (2.3%). Across Canada’s towns, visible minority residents come to 15%. On Indigenous residents, Central Frederick sits lower than just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 2%.
In Central Frederick, 9.6% of residents speak English and French, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
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, 8.9% mostly speak another language; 1.2% speak neither English nor French. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
Above 73% of Canadian towns: 41% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 8.9% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (5,771 to 6,028 people), the 12th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 30.6 (Electoral Area B, Peace River) up to 62 (Nutana Urban Centre). By median age, Central Frederick sits among Homeside (38.8), Casselman (39.5), Port Mann (39.6) and Mayland Heights (39.8).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Central Frederick
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | — | 39.5 | 18% | 19% |
| Auditorium | 3,918 | 0.8 km | 39.3 | 15% | 14% |
| City Commercial Core | 2,581 | 0.8 km | 32.7 | 9.1% | 26% |
| Cedar Hill | 3,190 | 1.3 km | 38 | 17% | 26% |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | 5,174 | 1.3 km | 35.7 | 11% | 18% |
| Fairfield | 3,497 | 1.3 km | 46 | 24% | 15% |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | 3,319 | 1.7 km | 36.7 | 11% | 21% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Central Frederick’s residents
What is the median income in Central Frederick?
The median household in Central Frederick took in $70,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Central Frederick?
The 2021 Census counted 5,895 people in Central Frederick.
What is the average age in Central Frederick?
A median age of 39.5, younger than 67% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 18%.
Is Central Frederick bilingual?
9.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.9%.
How diverse is Central Frederick?
19% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 17% belong to a visible minority and 2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Central Frederick?
51% are Christian and 43% have no religion; 6.7% follow another religion.
Is Central Frederick good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 42% of households. One-parent families: 7.6%. Schools near Central Frederick are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).