Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0One-parent families make up 14% in Argyle, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 89% of Canadian towns. Across Argyle, 45% of residents said they have no religion. The neighbourhood had 28,109 residents in 11,230 households at the 2021 Census. By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (3.3%), Argyle is above 69% of Canadian towns.
Half of Argyle is under 38, younger than 77% of Canadian towns
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.
25–29 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 15%, fewer than in three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Argyle, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 54% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Shared houses stand out: 7% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. In Argyle, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Argyle ranks below 74% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 37%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a third of adults, against a typical 27%. The share of common-law partners stands at 12%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Argyle sits above 68% of Canadian towns for renter households (35%)
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
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 54% of households live in a single-detached house in Argyle. Older homes outnumber new: 23% predate 1961, 5.2% date from 2001 or later. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $74,400 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Argyle: half had less than $74,400, 13% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. 32% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
In Argyle, 7.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (41%) and in Asia (29%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 19% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Argyle ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 4.2%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 20%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 80%, and 4.9% 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
Argyle sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 76% of Canadian towns: 4.9% of residents speak English and French.
In Argyle, 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Argyle, 14%, and 38% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
An employment rate of 54%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 26,972 to 29,234 people, the 13th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Montagne is the youngest of them at 32.2; Picton, at 56.8, the oldest. The closest ages to Argyle’s belong to Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn (37.1), Squamish (37.6), Vieux-Rosemont (38.5) and Grandview-Woodland (38.8).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Argyle
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 28,109 | — | 38 | 15% | 17% |
| Hamilton Road | 15,283 | 2.9 km | 42.8 | 18% | 18% |
| East London | 10,972 | 3.7 km | 37.3 | 13% | 14% |
| Jackson | 8,124 | 4.2 km | 34.8 | 10% | 34% |
| Huron Heights | 20,890 | 4.6 km | 37.1 | 16% | 28% |
| Glen Cairn | 16,119 | 5.0 km | 38.7 | 16% | 26% |
| Carling | 21,536 | 5.6 km | 34.2 | 12% | 24% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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 Argyle’s residents
What is the population of Argyle?
Argyle had 28,109 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Argyle?
Half the residents are older than 38 and half younger, younger than 77% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Argyle bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.9% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is Argyle?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 17%. A visible minority makes up 20% and Indigenous residents 4.2%.
What religion are people in Argyle?
Most often Christian (49%) or no religion (45%); other religions make up 6.8%.
Is Argyle good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 45% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Argyle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Argyle?
Median total household income in Argyle was $74,400 in 2020, against a median of $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).