Photo: Jean7031 · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of immigrants than 97% of Canadian towns: 58%
One-person households: 11% here and 27% across Canada’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 6,361 people lived in Cachet, in 2,035 households. Here, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents with no religion are more common here than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cachet
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 58% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (86%) and in Europe (6.2%), and 15% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 84%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 58%. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 57% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 13%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Cachet is over 45.6, older than 71% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Cachet, 14% of residents are under 15. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cachet, 45.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 93% of Canadian towns: 3.1 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Cachet, the census puts one-parent families at 7.4%.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 2.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 28% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Against that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Cachet sits below 93% of Canadian towns for renter households (8.7%)
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
84% of households live in a single-detached house, against 64% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 0.2% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$145,200 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $145,200, the middle household in Cachet out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 69%. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 31% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents are not Canadian citizens
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
15% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Visible minority residents make up 84% in Cachet, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (4.8%), Hindu (4.3%) and Buddhist (4.3%). The usual figure: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
67% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Cachet, 6%. 0.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
In Cachet, 57% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.6%, against 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
52% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 18% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 52% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
9th highest median age among 41 towns of 6,260 to 6,468
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Peachland is the oldest at 60, The Orchards At Ellerslie the youngest at 31.3. Nearest to Cachet in age: St. Paul County No. 19 (45.6), Woodstock (45.6), Hubley (46.4) and Bay Roberts (47.2).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Cachet
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cachet | 6,361 | — | 45.6 | 18% | 58% |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 1.8 km | 39.7 | 12% | 62% |
| Unionville | 17,632 | 2.2 km | 47.5 | 24% | 54% |
| Buttonville | 15,001 | 2.6 km | 47.3 | 22% | 65% |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 3.1 km | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
| Brown's Corners | 7,228 | 3.4 km | 40.5 | 19% | 69% |
| Cathedraltown | 11,029 | 3.9 km | 40 | 13% | 60% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Cachet’s residents
Is Cachet good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 65% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Cachet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cachet?
$145,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Cachet (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Cachet?
The 2021 Census counted 6,361 people in Cachet.
What is the average age in Cachet?
45.6 is the median age, older than 71% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Cachet bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6% are. Another 0% speak only French and 85% only English, and French is the first language of 0.2%.
How diverse is Cachet?
Immigrants make up 58% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 84% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Cachet?
Christian: 39%. No religion: 46%. Another religion: 15%.
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).