Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of immigrants than 99% of Canadian towns: 65%
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Buttonville has 7%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 5.8%. Compared with other places, renter households are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns. There were 4,665 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 15,001 people.
What stands out about the people of Buttonville
More immigrants than most towns
65% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (83%), then in Africa (5.9%); 15% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 88%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 65%. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
59% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 13% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Older than 78% of Canadian towns: half of Buttonville is over 47.3
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (22%), Buttonville is above 66% of Canadian towns. 13% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Buttonville, 47.3. 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.
3.2 people per household, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 9.9%, above 74% of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners make up 1.8% in Buttonville, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (60%), Buttonville is above 94% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 78% in Buttonville, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
17% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.2% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$133,900 a year is the median household income here
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. 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; Buttonville’s, at $133,900, is 56% higher. Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 12%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 75%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (83%), then in Africa (5.9%). To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 15% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Visible minority residents make up 88% in Buttonville, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With Indigenous residents at 0.1%, Buttonville is behind 96% of Canadian towns on that count. For Buttonville, the census puts residents with no religion at 46%. Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
72% have a mother tongue other than English or French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
With residents whose mother tongue is French at 0.5%, Buttonville is behind 92% of Canadian towns on that count. 45% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 8.6% speak neither official language. Lower than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 5.8% of residents speak English and French.
Buttonville ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 59%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 4.1%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 52%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (14,738 to 15,263 people), the 5th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Laurel (31.2), at the other Campbellford (55.2). By median age, Buttonville sits among Arbutus Ridge (46.6), Rivière-Gatineau (47.3), Central Elgin (48.8) and Powell River (53.2).
Older than Buttonville: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttonville | 15,001 | — | 47.3 | 22% | 65% |
| Brown's Corners | 7,228 | 1.8 km | 40.5 | 19% | 69% |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 2.6 km | 45.6 | 18% | 58% |
| Unionville | 17,632 | 3.0 km | 47.5 | 24% | 54% |
| Cathedraltown | 11,029 | 3.7 km | 40 | 13% | 60% |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 4.3 km | 39.7 | 12% | 62% |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 5.0 km | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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 Buttonville’s residents
Is Buttonville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 85% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
How diverse is Buttonville?
65% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 88% belong to a visible minority and 0.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Buttonville?
40% are Christian and 46% have no religion; 14% follow another religion.
Is Buttonville good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 63% of households. One-parent families: 9.9%. Schools near Buttonville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Buttonville?
The median household in Buttonville took in $133,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Buttonville?
The 2021 Census counted 15,001 people in Buttonville.
What is the average age in Buttonville?
A median age of 47.3, older than 78% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 22%.
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).