Half of Jackson is under 34.8, younger than 91% of Canadian towns
13% of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%). Jackson counted 8,124 residents and 2,565 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion. Renter households are rarer here than in four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Jackson
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Jackson is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
19% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.8 times the typical share; 51% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
23% of residents are under 15, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
In Jackson, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Jackson, 34.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Jackson households average 3.2 people, larger than in 93% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: nearly a tenth of the total.
57% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 85% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 7.3% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. 27% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
Jackson sits above 75% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (82%)
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: 73% date from 2001 or later, 3.1% from before 1961. Higher than in 66% of Canadian towns: 2.5% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns.
$110,800 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Jackson had $110,800 before tax, 29% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
19% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 92% 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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Jackson, 34%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 12%.
Jackson sits above 80% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (43%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (8.9%), Sikh (7.3%) and Hindu (2.4%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 79% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Jackson: 9.9% of residents speak English and French, above 61% of Canadian towns
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
At home, 20% mostly speak another language; 2.2% speak neither English nor French. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Jackson sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Jackson ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 34%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 6.9%, against 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 64% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 64% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 7,975 to 8,251 people: this is the 8th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Taber is the youngest of them at 27.4; Haliburton Village, at 59.2, the oldest. Legacy (33), Walden (33.6), South Terwillegar (34.9) and Al Ritchie (35.5): the towns nearest Jackson in median age.
Every neighbour of Jackson has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 8,124 | — | 34.8 | 10% | 34% |
| Hamilton Road | 15,283 | 2.8 km | 42.8 | 18% | 18% |
| Glen Cairn | 16,119 | 2.9 km | 38.7 | 16% | 26% |
| Westminster | 10,794 | 3.7 km | 40.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Argyle | 28,109 | 4.2 km | 38 | 15% | 17% |
| East London | 10,972 | 5.1 km | 37.3 | 13% | 14% |
| White Oaks | 21,108 | 5.9 km | 37.6 | 16% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Jackson’s residents
Is Jackson good for families?
23% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 8.2%. Schools near Jackson are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Jackson?
Half of Jackson’s households had more than $110,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Jackson?
8,124, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Jackson alone.
What is the average age in Jackson?
The median age is 34.8, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. 23% are under 15 and 10% 65 or older.
Is Jackson bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9.9% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 88% only English, and French is the first language of 1.4%.
How diverse is Jackson?
Immigrants: 34% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 43%. Indigenous identity: 1.1%.
What religion are people in Jackson?
24% said they have no religion and 55% that they are Christian; 21% named another faith.
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).