Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0In Box Grove, 57% of residents are immigrants, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
In Box Grove the average household is 3.8 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood counted 25,496 residents and 6,745 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put renter households at 14% in the neighbourhood. 18% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Box Grove
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 57% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (83%) or in the Americas (9%), and 16% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 89%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 57%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Box Grove is 38.1, lower than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 13% of residents are 65 or over in the neighbourhood.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Box Grove, 38.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
7% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.7% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 2.2% in Box Grove, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 30% of adults, against a typical 27%. Married residents 15 and over account for 59%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
6.3% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 75% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
The share of households in single-detached houses tops 63% of Canadian towns: 73%.
$127,800 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Box Grove’s median household took in $127,800 before tax, 49% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. 40% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
In Box Grove, 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 72% 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 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 16% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Box Grove. Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
89% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). Measured more widely, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Hindu (32%), Muslim (17%), Sikh (3.3%) and Buddhist (2%).
65% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
Bilingual residents: 5.1% here and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 38% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 7% speak neither official language. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 97% of Canadian towns: 0.3%.
42% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 75% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
12% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). The wider picture: 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
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. 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%, above this 55%; 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Wellington Place, youngest at 31.1, to White Rock, oldest at 58. Next to Box Grove on this scale come Angus (37.6), Paradise (38), Morningside Heights (38.6) and Grande Prairie County No. 1 (38.8).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Box Grove
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Grove | 25,496 | — | 38.1 | 13% | 57% |
| Vinegar Hill | 19,543 | 1.8 km | 40 | 16% | 59% |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 3.2 km | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 4.0 km | 37.5 | 12% | 51% |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 4.1 km | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 4.3 km | 40.5 | 19% | 65% |
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 4.6 km | 38.6 | 15% | 61% |
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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Box Grove’s residents
Is Box Grove bilingual?
English and French: 5.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 88%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.3%.
How diverse is Box Grove?
Immigrants: 57% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 89%. Indigenous identity: 0.1%.
What religion are people in Box Grove?
18% said they have no religion and 27% that they are Christian; 55% named another faith.
Is Box Grove good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 6.7%. Schools near Box Grove are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Box Grove?
Half of Box Grove’s households had more than $127,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Box Grove?
Box Grove had 25,496 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Box Grove?
The median age is 38.1, younger than 76% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
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).