Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Little Current is over 55.6
12% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,764 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,205 households. In Little Current, 88% of households live in a single-detached house. At 4.4%, the share of immigrants is lower than in 84% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada counts Little Current as part of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Little Current
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 17% of residents, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and 11% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Little Current is 55.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Little Current went from 2,712 people in 2016 to 2,641 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 91% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Little Current changed by −3% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 91% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Ontario’s towns +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Little Current, 55.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Little Current households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 6.2% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Census figures put one-person households at 30% in Little Current.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 71% of Canadian towns: 53%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 18% of adults (typical: 27%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Little Current, the census puts common-law partners at 12%.
Below 66% of Canadian towns: 18% of households rent their home
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Nearly a third of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%.
Median household income: $75,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $75,500, the middle household in Little Current earned 12% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 18% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12% in Little Current, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
1.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (52%), then in the Americas (35%).
Indigenous residents: 17%, a higher share than 95% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Little Current, 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 34%.
In Little Current, 4.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 98%, French 1.1%. Set beside that, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents: 7.9%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Only 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Little Current
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 9.8%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 50%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 50%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 32% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 3rd of 41 towns of 2,724 to 2,801 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Waskaganish, at 25, to Cultus Lake, at 56.8. In age, Little Current keeps company with Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel (54), Gore (54.8), Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley (56) and Cultus Lake (56.8).
Every nearby town is younger than Little Current
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Little Current with figures are 25–27 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Current | 2,764 | — | 55.6 | 32% | 4.4% |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers | 3,412 | 24.7 km | 50.4 | 24% | 3.6% |
| Wikwemikong Unceded | 2,875 | 25.6 km | 34.8 | 13% | 0% |
| Assiginack | 1,137 | 26.2 km | 53.6 | 28% | 5.6% |
| Sagamok | 1,200 | 26.6 km | 31.8 | 14% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Little Current’s residents
How diverse is Little Current?
Immigrants make up 4.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.8% are members of a visible minority, and 17% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Little Current?
Christian: 65%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 0.7%.
Is Little Current good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 58% of households are couple families and 6.2% one-parent families. Schools near Little Current are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Little Current?
$75,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Little Current (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Little Current?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,764 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,641 in Little Current, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Little Current?
55.6 is the median age, older than 95% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 32%.
Is Little Current bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 4.5% grew up with French.
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).