Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Doon South is under 33.9, younger than 94% of Canadian towns
Households average 3.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put Doon South’s population at 15,044, in 4,380 households. Here, 13% of households rent their home. Higher than in 82% of Canadian towns: 46% of residents belong to a visible minority.
What stands out about the people of Doon South
Younger than most towns
Doon South’s median age is 33.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 7.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
7.7% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Doon South has 24%. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Doon South, 33.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.6%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Doon South, 6.7% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Above 97% of Canadian towns: 61% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
5.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. Never married and not common-law: just over a quarter of adults (typical: 27%).
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 85% of households live in a single-detached house
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 81% date from 2001 or later, 1% from before 1961. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.7%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $136,300 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Doon South had $136,300 before tax, 58% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 31% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
36% of residents are immigrants, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (60%) and in Europe (23%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 17% across Canada’s towns. More residents who moved in within the year than in 83% of Canadian towns: 16%. Add to that, the figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 14% in Doon South and 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
In Doon South, 26% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (11%), Muslim (8.5%) and Hindu (6.6%). The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, Doon South sits lower than 77% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
English is the mother tongue of 55%, and 7.1% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 0.7%. 24% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.7% speak neither official language.
In Doon South, 47% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 81% 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: 4.7%, 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 65%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 65%.
Among 41 towns of 14,802 to 15,315 people, the 6th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Laurel (31.2) and the oldest Campbellford (55.2). By median age, Doon South sits among Stonebridge (33), Windermere (33.9), Springbrook (35.5) and Whistler (35.6).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Doon South are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doon South | 15,044 | — | 33.9 | 7.7% | 36% |
| Pioneer Park | 8,781 | 2.4 km | 35.4 | 15% | 26% |
| Huron South | 5,555 | 3.1 km | 33.6 | 7.2% | 39% |
| Pioneer Tower West | 4,122 | 3.7 km | 43.5 | 18% | 29% |
| Rosenberg | 9,831 | 4.7 km | 32.1 | 4.4% | 39% |
| Trillium Industrial Park | 3,420 | 5.1 km | 44.9 | 25% | 32% |
| Country Hills | 4,561 | 5.2 km | 41.6 | 21% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Doon South’s residents
What is the population of Doon South?
15,044, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Doon South alone.
What is the average age in Doon South?
A median age of 33.9, younger than 94% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 24%, and people 65 and over 7.7%.
Is Doon South bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.1% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 0.7%.
How diverse is Doon South?
36% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 46% belong to a visible minority and 1.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Doon South?
45% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 29% follow another religion.
Is Doon South good for families?
Under 15: 24% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 69% of households. One-parent families: 6.7%. Schools near Doon South are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Doon South?
The median household in Doon South took in $136,300 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).