Westmount is younger than 82% of Canadian towns: a median age of 37.1
Most recent wave: nearly half of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). In Westmount, a fifth of households live in a building of five or more storeys. The neighbourhood has more residents without Canadian citizenship than 87% of Canadian towns, at 17%. The 2021 Census counted 5,048 residents in 2,155 households.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a lower share than 60% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Westmount, 17%. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westmount, 37.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Westmount households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 59% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 29%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. One-parent families: nearly a tenth of the total.
Married residents 15 and over make up 48% in Westmount, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 10%.
A higher share of renter households than 82% of Canadian towns, at 46%
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
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Westmount, 39%. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $88,100 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Westmount’s, at $88,100, is close to it. Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 26% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Westmount: 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 77% 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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
With immigrants at 28%, Westmount is ahead of 68% of Canadian towns on that count. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (36%) or in Europe (31%).
27% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Westmount has 1%. In Westmount, 38% of residents said they have no religion. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%.
Westmount sits above 62% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (10%)
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
15% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.9% speak neither official language. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 81% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 47%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 9.1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
Youngest by rank: 8th of 41 towns of 4,963 to 5,129 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is River-Osborne (31.6) and the oldest Northern Bruce Peninsula (61.6). In age, Westmount keeps company with Lord Roberts (36.2), North Park (36.6), Cumberland (39.2) and Lemoyne (39.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Westmount
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 5,048 | — | 37.1 | 17% | 28% |
| Victoria Hills | 10,760 | 0.7 km | 33.5 | 12% | 41% |
| Cherry Hill | 6,304 | 1.2 km | 35.9 | 16% | 26% |
| Victoria Park | 3,574 | 2.0 km | 43.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Highland West | 12,476 | 2.2 km | 36.3 | 11% | 39% |
| Forest Hill | 5,760 | 2.3 km | 39.4 | 19% | 27% |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside | 5,007 | 2.3 km | 41.6 | 20% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Westmount’s residents
Is Westmount bilingual?
10% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 87% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Westmount?
Immigrants make up 28% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 27% are members of a visible minority, and 1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Westmount?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 38%. Another religion: 13%.
Is Westmount good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 52% of households are couple families and 9.5% one-parent families. Schools near Westmount are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westmount?
$88,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Westmount (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Westmount?
The 2021 Census counted 5,048 people in Westmount.
What is the average age in Westmount?
37.1 is the median age, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 17%.
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).