Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0More immigrants than 99% of Canadian towns: 69%
In Brown's Corners, 5.9% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 28% of the total. One-parent families are more common here than in 93% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 7,228, in 3,290 households.
What stands out about the people of Brown's Corners
More immigrants than most towns
69% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (90%), then in Africa (4.2%); 26% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 94%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 69%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
74% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 85% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Brown's Corners, 12% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 40.5, Brown's Corners is younger than three fifths of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 19% of the total. More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 9.3% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Brown's Corners, 40.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Brown's Corners comes in at 32%.
Below 89% of Canadian towns: 5.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 50% in Brown's Corners. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 98% of Canadian towns: 74%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Renters are 33% of households (Canada’s towns: 25%). Newer homes outnumber old: 78% date from 2001 or later, 1.1% from before 1961.
$65,800 a year is the median household income here
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Brown's Corners’s households had a total income below $65,800, 23% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 32% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Brown's Corners, 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 80%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (90%), then in Africa (4.2%). Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 26% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Brown's Corners sits above 99% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (94%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (4.7%), Hindu (4.2%) and Buddhist (4.2%). By way of comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. On residents with no religion, Brown's Corners sits higher than 92% of Canadian towns: 55%. Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; here, 0.2%.
81% have a mother tongue other than English or French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The figure for bilingual residents is 3.6% in Brown's Corners and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 0.3% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Brown's Corners sits above 89% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (54%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree (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 48%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 19% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 48% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 20th youngest of 41 towns of 7,101 to 7,364 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 32.8 (Niverville) up to 61.6 (Fairwinds). The closest ages to Brown's Corners’s belong to Sherbrooke (38.9), Currie Barracks (40.4), Chibougamau (40.8) and Les Cèdres (41.2).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Brown's Corners
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown's Corners | 7,228 | — | 40.5 | 19% | 69% |
| Buttonville | 15,001 | 1.8 km | 47.3 | 22% | 65% |
| Unionville | 17,632 | 2.4 km | 47.5 | 24% | 54% |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 3.4 km | 45.6 | 18% | 58% |
| Underwood | 5,972 | 3.9 km | 45.6 | 23% | 71% |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 4.2 km | 40.5 | 19% | 65% |
| Milliken | 12,138 | 4.2 km | 47.6 | 27% | 68% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Brown's Corners’s residents
What is the population of Brown's Corners?
7,228, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Brown's Corners alone.
What is the average age in Brown's Corners?
Half the residents are older than 40.5 and half younger, younger than 60% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is Brown's Corners bilingual?
English and French: 3.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 84%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.3%.
How diverse is Brown's Corners?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 69%. A visible minority makes up 94% and Indigenous residents 0.2%.
What religion are people in Brown's Corners?
Most often Christian (29%) or no religion (55%); other religions make up 16%.
Is Brown's Corners good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 44% of households and one-parent families 13%. Schools near Brown's Corners are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brown's Corners?
Median total household income in Brown's Corners was $65,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).