Photo: Scott Webb scottwebb · CC0A higher share of one-parent families than 97% of Canadian towns, at 14%
In Westminster, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. There were 3,775 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 10,794 people. Children under 15 account for 19%. Lower than in 69% of Canadian towns: 17% of households rent their home.
Younger than 62% of Canadian towns: half of Westminster is under 40.3
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: 6.7% of residents. Among Ontario’s towns, Northern Bruce Peninsula has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westminster, 40.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Below 86% of Canadian towns: 17% of households are one person living alone
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Westminster hold 2.8 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners: 9.9%, a lower share than 57% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Westminster, 63% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 52% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$89,400 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Westminster’s, at $89,400, is close to it. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 29% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
In Westminster, 25% of residents are immigrants, more than in 64% 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (38%), then in Asia (35%). The share of immigrants across Canada’s towns is 17%. Most recent wave: nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
More visible minority residents than 63% of Canadian towns: 26%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 38% of residents said they have no religion here. Other faiths: Muslim (9.1%). As a yardstick, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 75%, and 5.6% 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
At home: English 85%, French 0.3%. Westminster has fewer bilingual residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 5.6%. 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Westminster ranks below 80% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 16%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 11% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 52%
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.
At 52%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 20% are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 10,545 to 11,072 people, the 20th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Lethbridge County, at 32.8; the oldest, Liverpool, is at 55.6. By median age, Westminster sits among Bendale South (40.1), Hidden Valley (40.1), Creditview (41) and West St. Paul (41.2).
Westminster and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | 10,794 | — | 40.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Glen Cairn | 16,119 | 2.2 km | 38.7 | 16% | 26% |
| White Oaks | 21,108 | 2.2 km | 37.6 | 16% | 36% |
| Jackson | 8,124 | 3.7 km | 34.8 | 10% | 34% |
| Highland | 19,963 | 3.9 km | 40.8 | 19% | 23% |
| South London | 14,684 | 4.2 km | 40.7 | 18% | 14% |
| Hamilton Road | 15,283 | 4.2 km | 42.8 | 18% | 18% |
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. 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Westminster’s residents
What religion are people in Westminster?
50% are Christian and 38% have no religion; 11% follow another religion.
Is Westminster good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 57% of households. One-parent families: 14%. Schools near Westminster are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westminster?
The median household in Westminster took in $89,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Westminster?
Westminster had 10,794 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Westminster?
A median age of 40.3, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Westminster bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.6% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Westminster?
25% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 26% belong to a visible minority and 2.2% have an Indigenous identity.
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).