Photo: P199 · Public domainMacdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 13%
Renter households: 8.3% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. About 1,771 people lived in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.4% in the town. The median age here is 45.6, higher than in 71% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 13% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 4.3% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional went from 1,609 people in 2016 to 1,513 in 2021, −6%: slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of −6% since 2016 leaves Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional behind 97% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 17% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of Canadian towns: 8.9%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, 18%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 20%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
19% of households are one person living alone, below 79% of Canadian towns
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.
In Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Across Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, 5.8% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 90% of Canadian towns: 58%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 13% in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married.
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional sits above 98% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (97%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Just over a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $97,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $97,000, the middle household in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 13%. Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 22% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
3.3% of residents are immigrants
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (60%), then in the Americas (40%). Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 1% here, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns. Most recent wave: a fifth of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional sits above 63% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (39%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (0.7%), Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is below 97% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 66% of Canadian towns: 2.6%
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: English 99%, French 0.7%. Elsewhere, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 6.3% in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 22%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 4.9% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 56% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 56%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
A younger town than 1 of the 2 around it: Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | 1,771 | — | 45.6 | 20% | 3.3% |
| Laird | 1,221 | 10.1 km | 50.4 | 23% | 1.8% |
| Garden River 14 | 1,205 | 11.7 km | 38.8 | 14% | 0% |
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.
- 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. “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.
Questions about Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional’s residents
How diverse is Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional?
3.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.7% belong to a visible minority and 13% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional?
60% are Christian and 39% have no religion; 1% follow another religion.
Is Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 69% of households. One-parent families: 5.8%. Schools near Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional?
The median household in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional took in $97,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional?
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional had about 1,771 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,513, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional?
A median age of 45.6. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 2.6%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).