Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBostwick sits above 90% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (26%)
36% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). The 2021 Census counted 7,694 residents in 2,655 households. Visible minority residents: 43% of the total. Higher than in 74% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents are under 15.
Younger than 73% of Canadian towns: half of Bostwick is under 38.5
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: 7.9% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bostwick, 38.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bostwick households average 2.7 people, larger than in 77% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households make up 25%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 82% of Canadian towns: 6.6%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (50%), Bostwick is above 62% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 37% 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
Nearly three quarters of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 11% built before 1961. Few places have so few households in single-detached houses: 56% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $93,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Bostwick: half had more than $93,200, 8% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
More residents who moved in within the year than 73% of Canadian towns: 14%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 (55%) and in Europe (24%). Just over one in ten residents are not Canadian citizens, a higher share than in 70% of Canadian towns. What’s more, of the immigrants living here, 31% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Residents with no religion make up 22% in Bostwick, less than in 83% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (24%) and Sikh (2.1%).
English is the mother tongue of 60%, and 7.1% speak French as well
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, 17% mostly speak another language; 2.4% speak neither English nor French. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.2% here, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns.
In Bostwick, 35% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
55% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 19% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 55% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 7,551 to 7,844 people: this is the 8th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 28.6 (La Broquerie) up to 58.8 (Minden Hills). Next to Bostwick on this scale come Altadore (37), University (37.4), Fruitland (40.2) and Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights (40.7).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bostwick, 5 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bostwick | 7,694 | — | 38.5 | 19% | 36% |
| Highland | 19,963 | 2.3 km | 40.8 | 19% | 23% |
| White Oaks | 21,108 | 2.6 km | 37.6 | 16% | 36% |
| Westmount | 19,591 | 2.9 km | 45.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Talbot | 8,085 | 3.1 km | 38.6 | 16% | 27% |
| Southcrest | 14,477 | 3.2 km | 44.8 | 24% | 20% |
| Lambeth | 2,609 | 3.4 km | 45.6 | 23% | 10% |
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. 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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Bostwick’s residents
What is the population of Bostwick?
7,694, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Bostwick alone.
What is the average age in Bostwick?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Bostwick bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Bostwick?
Immigrants: 36% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 43%. Indigenous identity: 1.1%.
What religion are people in Bostwick?
22% said they have no religion and 49% that they are Christian; 29% named another faith.
Is Bostwick good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 8.5%. Schools near Bostwick are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bostwick?
Half of Bostwick’s households had more than $93,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).