Photo: (c) Andrew Murray, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0More children under 15 than 90% of Canadian towns: 22%
The median age in Talbot is 38.6, lower than in 73% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 8,085 residents and 2,860 households here. Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 20% of the total. Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Talbot has 27%.
What stands out about the people of Talbot
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.8 people, and 6% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Talbot ranks below 69% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 16%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 5–9: 7.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over. In Talbot, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Talbot, 38.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 84% of Canadian towns: 2.8 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.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Talbot has 20%. Census figures put one-parent families at 6% here.
In Talbot, 60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 7% of the total.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 68% of Canadian towns: 77%
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: 83% date from 2001 or later, 4.6% from before 1961. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. In Talbot, 26% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $125,200 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Talbot had $125,200 before tax, 46% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 26% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 83% of Canadian towns: 16%
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
Recent arrivals are just over a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (53%) and in Europe (29%).
Only 28% of residents said they have no religion in Talbot
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Talbot, 30%. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.2% here, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Other faiths: Muslim (13%), Sikh (2.6%) and Hindu (2%).
71% have English as their mother tongue; 8.4% also speak French
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
11% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.4% speak neither official language. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 48% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 4.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 61%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
Youngest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 7,958 to 8,212 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Taber, at 27.4, to Haliburton Village, at 59.2. By median age, Talbot sits among Drayton Valley (37.6), Labrador City (38.4), Rocky Mountain House (38.8) and Happy Valley-Goose Bay (39.2).
Talbot sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Talbot’s residents
What is the average age in Talbot?
A median age of 38.6, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 22%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Talbot bilingual?
8.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.2%.
How diverse is Talbot?
27% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 30% belong to a visible minority and 1.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Talbot?
53% are Christian and 28% have no religion; 20% follow another religion.
Is Talbot good for families?
Under 15: 22% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near Talbot are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Talbot?
The median household in Talbot took in $125,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Talbot?
Talbot had 8,085 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).